CAS Assessment working group - Exmouth meeting 10th January 2018 - final note

We have re-establishing the membership of the CAS Assessment working group. During Spring and Summer 2017 there was an emphasis on key stage 4 qualifications; we continue this work when developments at the DfE, Ofqual and the awarding organisations occur. Autumn 2017 sees a focus on the assessment of computing in the primary phase. To join the CAS Assessment wg 2017-2018 mail list please email Assessment.wg@computingatschool.org.uk

CAS Assessment wg Terms of Reference https://goo.gl/WtyYzN

CAS Assessment wg web page https://goo.gl/vc6PCc

"The aim of the sessions is to establish a shared understanding of both the challenges and opportunities in establishing accurate, valid, and efficient assessment. Assessment systems in the past that have failed to gain traction because they did not engage teachers from day one."

Resulting from the first (Swindon) meeting are:

• A set of key statements made about the nature of assessment of computing in the primary phase

• A number of emerging themes derived from those statements

• A table of self-assessment statements

Resulting from the second (Exmouth) meeting are:

• A description of key characteristics of a primary assessment system

• Four models of the means of implementation

• A list of the principles of assessment

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The future

We are making plans for the penultimate session of this process. We need to ensure that we are not missing important approaches to assessment. We also need to better describe and exemplify the identified strategies. The suggestion that we create pen-portraits of pupils at each stage and descriptions of experiences/activities for each year needs to be further examined and if thought appropriate are developed.

The next meeting is to be confirmed