www.aaia.org.uk/
The website for the Association for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment is a major source of information on assessment for learning. It includes substantial lists of current publications and resources.

www.aea-europe.net/
This is the website of the Association for Education Assessment-Europe. The objectives of the Association are to act as a platform for discussion of developments in educational assessment, fostering cooperation and facilitating liaison between organisations and persons active in educational assessment across the whole of Europe.

www.afl.ncca.ie/
This is the Assessment for Learning section of the website of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Its web pages are designed to provide information and support for teachers and schools who wish to expand their 'assessment toolkit' by exploring the potential of classroom-based assessment to improve students' motivation and learning.

www.assessment-reform-group.org.uk/
The website of the Assessment Reform Group supports its aim of ensuring that public policy at all levels takes account of relevant research in assessment practice. The site provides access to some useful publications.

www.bera.ac.uk/
The website of the British Educational Research Association provides members with details of events, publications and other services available to members of the association, and provides visitors with an overview of some of the activities and aims of BERA, with an invitation to become members.

www.dfes.gov.uk/
This is the website of the Department for Education and Skills. It includes detailed information on the government's educational policies and links to several related sites.

www.edresearch.org/pare/
Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE) is an online journal that provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation and teaching practice, especially at the LEA level. This website also includes a list of related assessment resources.

www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/
education/research/kal.html
The website of the King’s College London Assessment for Learning Group includes information on its work and publications as well as links to other relevant websites.

www.ltscotland.org.uk/assess/
This site has been developed to support Scotland's Assessment is for Learning programme.

www.nc.uk.net/
This site links every national curriculum programme of study requirement to resources on the Department for Education and Skills' Curriculum online site.

www.ncaction.org.uk/
This website uses pupils' work to show what the national curriculum looks like in practice. The examples given show the standard of pupils' work at different ages and key stages, and how the programmes of study translate into real activities.

www.ofsted.gov.uk/
Ofsted is a non-ministerial government department whose main aim is to help improve the quality and standards of education and childcare through independent inspection and regulation, and to provide advice to the secretary of state. Its website includes a number of publications that may be downloaded in pdf format.

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/
This is the website of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit, which is developing a series of core principles related to teaching and learning, school improvement and system-wide reform, to achieve high quality and high equity in educational standards by placing teaching and learning at the heart of educational change. The website also includes information on the results of key stage tests.

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/
Direct link to the secondary strategy pages of the DfES Standards website.

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/
Direct link to the primary strategy pages of the DfES Standards website.