Continuous assessment should inform teaching throughout the term
A practical guide to connecting classroom activities, marks, competencies and follow-up without turning every task into data entry.
What it means in practice
Continuous assessment is strongest when evidence is gathered close to learning and used to decide what happens next. It becomes administrative weight when marks are recorded repeatedly but do not change explanation, practice, grouping or support.
A practical structure
- Choose evidence that matches the competency and objective.
- Separate informal checks from formal recorded tasks.
- Record enough context to interpret the mark later.
- Use patterns across activities before drawing a conclusion about a learner.
How Asmbly approaches it
Asmbly connects activities and recorded work to the lesson and learner, allowing the teacher to see what evidence exists without maintaining unrelated assessment lists.
What to watch carefully
A score cannot explain effort, language, attendance or the conditions under which work was completed. Assessment records should support teacher interpretation rather than replace it.
Sources and further reading
Connected reading
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