Assessment for learning in the accountability era: Empirical evidence from Scotland

Developing teachers’ capacities in assessment through career-long professional learning

“…In the wider school context, information from teachers' classroom assessments should be used to contribute to a school's self-evaluation and improvement planning; and information from self-evaluation should in turn be used by teachers to contribute to improving classroom practice, so that the two processes are inter-dependent (Hutchinson and Young, 2011). Since the overall purpose of both assessment and evaluation is ultimately to improve pupils' learning, teachers should be able to recognise the educational value of different types of assessment and evaluation practices and analyze and interpret the evidence and data they provide, in collaboration with colleagues (OECD, 2013).…”

Número Completo

“…Podemos afirmar que el seguimiento sistemático y continuado de los alumnos resulta de utilidad a los profesores, pero solo en la medida en que aporte información que les permita conocer cuál es el siguiente paso que deben dar para reorientar el aprendizaje, especialmente, en el caso de los alumnos con necesidades de apoyo educativo (Kim et al, 2013). Esta es, en esencia, la clave de la mejora del aprendizaje (Hutchinson y Young, 2011;Wiliam, 2011).…”

Public Professional Accountability: A Conditional Approach

“…In line with what we have said in the section on 'goals' as conditions for professional work, then, we argue that monitoring, assessing, and appraising professional behavior start with setting professionally relevant targets for individual professional performance (cf. Hutchinson and Young 2011;O'Neill 2014), i.e., targets related to Freidson's (2001) professional logic.…”

“…In the case of public professional accountability, intelligent accountability systems should support the public by providing it with evidence of professional trustworthiness and in this way help to place (or refuse to place) trust in professionals. However, Although some authors provide some clues (e.g., Sahlberg 2010;Hutchinson andYoung 2011, and, in particular, O'Neill 2014 who formulates criteria for intelligent accountability) it still remains unclear what intelligent accountability systems should look like.…”