Why and how did the teachers introduce their students to peer and self-assessment?
The teachers felt that many of their students had an unrealistic view of their own ability and level of progress. This was particularly noticeable when they completed their end of year record of achievement sheets. The teachers decided to focus on peer and self-assessment to help them explore the learning that was or was not taking place in their classrooms. The teachers began by interviewing the students about their perceptions of the purposes of assessment and what sorts of assessment they thought would be useful to them. They then set up a series of history lessons. They told the students in general terms about what they should do in order to write high quality answers to the questions that had been set. After completing the written task the students worked in pairs, marking each other’s work using a traffic light mark scheme. This involved using three different colours (red, amber, green) against a set of criteria to show how well they had achieved during the task. After they had a
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