The Key Differences Between Summative And Formative Assessments
It’s not a stretch to say that assessment is a hot button issue in education; however, you’d be hard pressed to find an educator who doesn’t see the value in measuring student progress. Assessments themselves have been vilified, when, in fact, it’s why assessments are given and how the data is used that is really the issue. The Glossary of Education Reform gives this great overview of what high-stakes testing is and how it impacts students, teachers, and schools. Let’s take a look at what assessment is, why it’s important, and how it can be delivered in the classroom in a useful manner. What is assessment? Assessment is the measurement of what students are learning. Why do we do it? The information gleaned from assessments is extremely valuable. Assessment Basics Assessments can take many forms and can be designed for many reasons. Types of Assessment Question Types Delivery Methods Pencil and paper: There’s no need for a lengthy description with this delivery method. Scoring In Short
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Formative vs Summative Assessment
Formative assessment The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments: help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need workhelp faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately Formative assessments are generally low stakes, which means that they have low or no point value. draw a concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topicsubmit one or two sentences identifying the main point of a lectureturn in a research proposal for early feedback Summative assessment The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high point value.
The lessons to be learnt from three recent high profile child abuse cases
Daniel Pelka (Credit: Rex Features) In less than a month two high profile serious case reviews and a criminal trial have concluded, which all involved a mother killing one of her children, despite the involvement of several agencies in the child’s life. The first was the case of Daniel Pelka, a four-year-old living in Coventry who was singled out for abuse and neglect by his mother and her partner until his death from a blow to the head in March 2012. The second was the case of Keanu Williams, a toddler living in Birmingham who died with 37 separate injuries on his body, inflicted by his mother in early 2011. The last was the conviction of Amanda Hutton in Bradford Crown Court for the severe neglect and manslaughter of her four-year-old son Hamzah Khan. Nushra Mansuri, professional officer with the British Association of Social Workers, is worried about the cumulative impact. “It is unprecedented to have so many cases where so many horrific details all come out at the same time.
Child Protection
Children Act 1989 While the protection of children from harm has always existed in legislation in some form throughout the 20th Century, the Children Act 1989 is seen as the first significant law which put in place most of the child protection structures and principles we use today. These included ensuring the needs and safety of a child is always put first, that professionals should initially attempt to work with parents to keep the child safe and that children should always be placed with their own family rather than in care unless it would put them at risk of significant harm to do so. However, numerous child abuse cases over the previous two decades have prompted a series of overhauls to child protection procedures. Victoria Climbie, Every Child Matters and The Children Act 2004 The most high profile case was the death of Victoria Climbie in February 2000. Jessica Chapman, Holly Wells and Vetting and Barring Baby P, the Second Laming Report and Working Together to Safeguard Children
Impact Victoria Climies death had on safeguarding children legislation - Silkysteps early years forum - planning ideas for play
This info may help you too its taken from this website In the aftermath of her death and the court case convicting Kouao and Manning of murder, Lord Laming was instructed to undertake an iquiry into the circumstances leading up to Climbie's death and make recommendations on how the system should change. As a result of this report the government published a green paper entitled "Every Child Matters" and consequently passed the Children Act 2004. The changes it put in place included scrapping child protection registers in favour of child protection plans and creating an integrated children's computer system (ICS) to ensure information was more routinely and robustly collected. Structural changes included creating the post of a director of children's services in each council who would ultimately be accountable for the safety of all children in their area.
Baby P legacy five years on: what has been the impact on child protection? | Social Care Network
11 November 2008 was a significant date for all who give their working lives to protecting children. It was the day when three adults were found guilty of causing or allowing the horrific death of a seventeen-month-old little boy. And it was day one of the extensive media reporting about Baby P. Within a day the media had turned its attention, its vengeance and vilification away from the adults who were held accountable for this terrible crime. But the impact has been much more widespread. The workloads of those who remained increased year on year. And then there are the public sector cuts. As if it could not be made much worse, the government has also churned up the NHS, undermined communities of schools, and is about to do the same with the probation service, with the focus on fragmentation and competition rather than collaboration and cooperation. So five years on from November 2008, where are we at in England in protecting children? Why not join our social care community?
How safeguarding has changed in the years – Savile and Co would never get close to kids now | Harmony House
Posted by Mark Raw in Childcare Industry Harmony Childrens Services I am trying to keep a healthy distance from the whole Jimmy Savile, and no doubt others, scandal as there has been so much on it already and no doubt more to be said in later weeks as hopefully all of it comes out in to the open. It was, it seems, somewhat a quietly acknowledged fact that this behaviour occurs/ed at this level of unquestioned celebrity status and more so was allowed to continue without checks. A good I read shows the time line of how child protection and what is now know as Safeguarding has developed, but it should have shown its real roots in the first prosecution though the Cruelty to Animals Act where it all started. At Harmony we carry out CRB’s on everyone who may come into contact with the young people placed in our care, this goes from myself as MD through to our maintenance team.
