ABSTRACT
Teachers tend to carry out two types of assessment – formal and informal. Formal assessment, using standardised tests, SATs, baseline testing etc. is usually required by school policy, the LEA or government. Informal assessment, however, tends to be for teachers’ own use, done when and how they choose, in order to check on children’s learning and progress. This is what was described in the first chapter as formative assessment. In our observations and interviews with teachers we concentrated on informal assessment.
