Using Assessment to Improve Learning Outcomes

Using Assessment to Improve Learning Outcomes
James Nottingham

‘Assessment for learning’ can have a significantly positive effect on student learning. However, the effects are also wildly variable, with one third of studies showing a negative outcome! Added to that, 80% of the verbal comments that students receive during the day to help them assess their own progress comes not from teachers but from other students – and most of it is wrong! So, imagine if we could address these problems and improve the reality for all students! That is what James will show in his presentation.

James Nottingham
International trainer
James Nottingham is the creator of The Learning Pit as well as an author of 11 books about teaching, learning and leadership. He co-founded Challenging Learning in 2006 to share some of the best ways to strengthen learning in Pre-K to 12 schools. HIs company now employs 25 staff in six countries: the UK, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the USA. James is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an award granted in the UK for making outstanding achievements to social progress and development; and is included in the Future 500, a “definitive list of the UK’s most forward thinking and creative innovators”.