Peer Evaluation
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Annotation
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The artefacts are an example of Student peer and group evaluations. What: The evidence of self and peer evaluation is shown in the Assessment and Evaluation sheets used in various projects and groups as well as individual activities throughout the school. Simple versions for younger students and more complex ones for the senior student are used at this school. Why: This produces positive and respectful relationships across the school community and underpins our productive learning environment. Both peer and self-assessment are valuable in promoting learning. Peer assessment enables students to give each other valuable feedback so they learn from and support each other. It adds so much more to learning and the opportunity to talk, discuss, explain and challenge enables students to often achieve more than they would unaided. How: It supports students’ development of a strong identity as learners, contributing to the wellbeing of their peers. When: Students use assessment and reporting processes to reflect on their learning and feedback, to plan learning.
The Significant Impact
One of the major benefits of peer assessment to students is the impact that this type of deep learning and the self-evaluation skills derived from peer assessment can have on their subsequent performance. In order to properly assess the work of their peers, students need to have a good understanding of the assessment criteria and the assignment task, both of which promote a deeper approach to learning. Feedback is a hugely important part of peer assessment. It has been shown that in some cases students respond better and engage more fully with the feedback they get from their peers than they do with comments from their tutors. Peer assessment can therefore be a valuable way of providing more frequent and relevant formative feedback that students can act upon. Teachers regularly use student performance data and other student feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of their own teaching practices.
Analysis
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In our self-assessment process the leadership team analysed a range of evidence to support our judgement.
SEF Connections
Learning Element
Learning Culture - Excelling
Positive and respectful relationships across the school community underpin a productive learning environment, and support students’ development of strong identities as learners.
Wellbeing - Sustaining and Growing
Students care for self, and contribute to the wellbeing of others and the wider community.
Assessment and Reporting - Sustaining and Growing
The school has developed explicit processes to collect, analyse and report internal and external student and school performance data.
Teaching Element
Effective Classroom Practice - Sustaining and Growing
Teachers regularly use student performance data and other student feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of their own teaching practices. Teachers provide explicit, specific and timely formative feedback to students on how to improve.
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