Medium term assessments should assemble new information, their purpose is to :

• Review progress that the pupil has made during the unit of work.
  • can they apply knowledge, understanding and skills
  • what can they do and what do they know
  • are there areas of difficulty
• Check progress against any existing targets.
• Inform future planning.
• Provide additional information that may be used when making end of year or end of key stage decisions.

Generally, medium term assessment takes place at the end of a unit of work. This should include looking at a range of pupils work especially if there are several annotated versions showing how the pupil has built up the work.

Included within this unit is an 'End of Unit Test'. This is a self marking test in a multimedia style. It tests the knowledge and understanding of the unit and questions can only be answered once. Pupils should be encouraged to revise for this test as it will include the words that make up the language for learning.

The test cannot be accessed by the pupils from within the activities. It needs to be installed separately, this is to ensure it is delivered when the teacher requires it.

These online tests can also be used to help you decide the end of key stage assessment.

The recording of medium term assessments may take the following format:

• End of unit test mark recorded
• Best fit against one of the assessment criteria.
• Checklist against the yearly teaching objectives.

Where pupils work in pairs it is important that you can make a judgement for each pupil's commitment and achievement for the unit as a whole.