Event Summary
Two years into the rollout of the new Curriculum for Wales, questions still remain around progression and assessment in schools across the country, with reforms marking a major cultural shift from existing practice*.
Recent findings from inspections show the main concerns raised were around approaches to assessment and progression, with 86% of secondary schools receiving a recommendation to improve self-evaluation and improvement, particularly in regard to the impact of provision on pupil progress**.
Join Policy Insight Wales next January for our inaugural Curriculum for Wales: Progression and Assessment Digital Conference as we share updates and best practice from across the sector to help you strengthen progression and assessment arrangements in your setting.
What does progress look like? Hear from expert speakers who will discuss how to develop a shared understanding of progression in your setting and help learners reach their potential. Learn how to support the progression of all learners and realise the ambitions of the Curriculum for Wales.
It is crucial for assessment and progression to be embedded into day-to-day teaching and learning. We will share practical insights to help you ensure assessment is intrinsic to curriculum design and effectively monitor pupil progress over time.
With a focus on effectively monitoring and recording progress, learn how to establish comprehensive self-evaluation and accountability mechanisms to strengthen your progression and assessment frameworks. Understand how you can effectively monitor assessment data to drive improvement across your setting.
School-to-school collaboration will be key to developing effective progression and assessment practices. Bringing together best practice settings from across Wales, we will share strategies to help you work collaboratively with key partners to improve outcomes for all learners.
Join us online next January to learn, share ideas and network with colleagues from across the country. Make sure you are equipped to strengthen progression and assessment arrangements in your setting.
*The Welsh Government, February 2022
**Estyn, January 2023
Key Points
- Policy priorities for supporting assessment and progression
- Ensuring assessment is intrinsic to curriculum design
- Approaching assessment as a continual journey
- Effectively identifying and reflecting on individual learner progress
- Practical solutions for monitoring assessment data across your setting to drive continual improvement
- Case studies for helping learners to play a part in their own progression
- Creating opportunities for professional learning to enable staff to work creatively and innovatively
- Supporting the progression of ALN learners: recognising that progress looks different for each student
- Promoting cluster working to establish a progressive approach to the Curriculum for Wales
Brochure can be provided in Welsh. Cysylltwch am y llyfryn Cymraeg – email events@knowledgeexchange.group