QCDA Building the Evidence Base Probe 1

The research reported here was designed to explore the nature of  lassroom teachers’ assessment practices in schools considered to be innovative in relation to the curriculum and successful in achieving high attainment at Key Stage 2. The aim of the research was to provide evidence of the ways in which teachers’ understandings about learning and assessment shaped their pedagogy and approaches to the curriculum and n doing so help others to consider how they could develop their own practice. A case study approach was adopted so that detailed descriptions of current successful practice could be supported and rationalised by clearly articulated practitioner beliefs.