AfL: Geography resources

Assessment for learning guidance

	Good assessment practice in geography (Ofsted, 2003) An examination of good assessment practice in geography, focusing on marking and feedback to pupils, using assessment to inform teaching and learning and using assessment to monitor progress and set targets. Hard copies available from Ofsted Publications Centre, tel: 07002 637 833, fax: 07002 693 274, email: freepublications@ofsted.gov. uk Key characteristics of AfL: marking and feedback strategies, formative use of summative assessment and target setting Key stages: all

	Ofsted conference for secondary geography teachers: Putting the challenge into geography teaching (Ofsted, 2002) This report on an Ofsted conference on geography held in March 2002 refers to assessment for learning as part of good assessment. Key stages: 1-3

	. *Innovating with geography* This website has been designed to help schools plan and teach geography courses from the national curriculum geography programmes of study. It is also a gateway to other websites offering support for geography teaching and learning. There is a page devoted to assessment matters, and in particular to the distinction between formative and summative assessment. Key stages: all
	*Staffordshire Learning Net geography website* This is the assessment for learning section of the Staffordshire Learning Net geography website. It includes practical school-based suggestions for monitoring progress and helping students understand how to improve their performance in geography. Key stages: all

	*National curriculum in action* This website uses pupils' work to show what the national curriculum in geography looks like in practice. Key stages: 1-3

	*Scheme of work for geography key stages 1 and 2* This scheme shows how the geography programme of study for key stages 1 and 2 can be translated into manageable units of work. Key stages: 1-2

	*Scheme of work for geography key stage 3* This scheme shows how the geography programme of study for key stage 3 can be translated into manageable units of work. Key stage: 3