Embedding Formative Assessment Toolkit
Building on over twenty years of research, this resource has been written by Professor Dylan Wiliam and Siobhan Leahy to support consistent and effective use of formative assessment in classrooms. Dylan Wiliam is recognised as the world’s leading expert in formative assessment.
The pack contains 16 fully resourced workshops, based around Dylan Wiliam’s 5 Strategies of Formative Assessment. The workshops are designed to be delivered in Teacher Learning Communities (TLCs). The resource comes with supporting materials such as templates, recordings, and case studies.
A TLC is a group of teachers that meet regularly, with one or two participants acting as facilitator. Workshops should be scheduled around every four weeks and each session lasts 75 minutes. All workshops are suitable for use in primary, secondary or specialist settings.
Habit change takes time, and to gain maximum benefit from the packs, we recommend that schools maintain a regular focus on formative assessment for at least two years.
A Teacher Learning Community (TLC) consists of a group of teachers who meet together regularly to improve teaching and learning, and this puts the responsibility onto the teachers for supporting each other as a group. A key part of each workshop is teachers sharing their practice and planning collaboratively.
Workshops follow a consistent format:
- Introduction including the learning intentions for the workshop
- A starter activity
- Feedback from all teachers on the techniques that they have attempted since the previous workshop
- Formative assessment content – new learning
- Action planning
- Summary
For maximum benefit, we recommend that schools join our fully supported programme, working with one of our expert mentors. The supported programme has been shown in independent evaluation by EEF to have a demonstrable impact on pupils’ learning (+2 months additional progress).
