37 Date updated: 25.08.2023 next review: 24.09.2024 Assessment To ensure our learners reach their full potential, it is vital that we assess our impact. We have developed an array of approaches for assessment that enable us to establish how students have benefited from our curriculum offer (see Appendix IV). This allows us to plan ‘next steps’ or stages of development and a clear pathway for progression. It also enables us to recognise where further support may be required and to identify any gaps in learning. Ultimately our assessment offer is about celebrating what our learners ‘CAN DO’, their interests and strengths and the building blocks that have been put in place to help shape their life outcomes. Evidence for Learning In order to capture and celebrate how well learners are accessing our curriculum offer, we use a tablet based app ‘Evidence for Learning’. This app allows photographic and/or video evidence to be uploaded easily and securely into our uniquely designed templates. Staff can easily capture moments or periods of learning and highlight areas of success within the application. Photographs or videos can be directly related to subject outcomes and disciplines, Individual Education Plans (IEP), holistic needs, broad areas for learning, curriculum drivers or depth of engagement. As well as identifying ‘Next Steps’ moving forward, ‘Evidence for Learning’ also incorporates our ‘Continuum for Learning’, Prompting and Generalisation (CPG) assessment tool, which are adapted from MAPP and the OCR (Continuum for learning). The CPG tool promotes the three areas that we consider fundamental when assessing learning for young people with autism and learning disabilities. The CPG tool steers staff to consider the student’s ability and their level of involvement as much as possible. It highlights where independent thinking, personal safety, decision making and pupil voice have been enhanced. Not only can we measure the level of engagement, we can also assess the level of support required and how many different context specific skills or knowledge could be demonstrated.
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