ABSTRACT
The successful systems were designed because as teaching practices changed, so the records needed to change. Of all of the features of National Curriculum assessment, the one that has created the greatest uncertainty for schools and teachers concerns the recording and reporting of assessments. The most effective recording and reporting systems tended to emerge from the organization and structure of the teaching. The research also identified a number of important issues as a basis for the construction of a successful recording system. An alternative to recording by ticks or on a rating scale is to employ the use of a continuum. Most developments in recording and reporting have been 6associated with Profiling and Records of Achievement. Whatever the procedure adopted in developing recording systems, there are a number of important basic principles that need to be adhered to.
