Evaluating the process

The interrelationship between assessment, teaching and learning

Setting clear and explicit short and long-term goals

Integrating SBA into the curriculum

Planning effective teaching / learning activities

Selecting appropriate assessment tasks

Enhancing student involvement

Ensuring valid, reliable and fair assessment

Providing quality feedback

Evaluating the process

Assessment, teaching and learning:
From principles to practice

Evaluating the process

It is also important that teachers meet regularly to evaluate their plans and achievements in SBA, and to make adjustments if necessary. Each SBA coordinator could take responsibility for storing a collection of SBA sample recordings from every assessment round; keeping these for 4-5 years and looking at or listening to some older ones each year to help teachers see they are making progress in improving the general standard of spoken English in their school. Teachers should also monitor and evaluate the effect, or washback, of the SBA on their teaching and on student learning more generally, so that they can make adjustments and improvements as SBA is implemented.

To view Dr Steve Andrews, SBA Project, The University of Hong Kong, talking about the importance of reflection and evaluation.

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