Embedding Student Targets to Raise Achievements

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Many schools use baseline assessment to establish student performance and measure progress over time. But how can such data be used to create specific, measurable student targets that underpin student performance on a daily basis? Managing the relationship between challenge and achievability for the individual student demands a high degree of skill and professional expertise on the part of the tutor.

Who would benefit

Teachers of Grades 3 – 12*, Senior Staff, Heads of Faculty or Department, Principals, Directors

*Teachers of K – 2 may learn to determine targets based on different criteria. Baseline tests currently on the market are unreliable for use with very young students e.g. the EYFS profiles.

Programme content

  • Learn why baseline assessment data is essential when individual teachers are planning for the specific needs of their students
  • Understand how individual targets can motivate students to exceed expectation
  • Learn how to determine appropriately challenging targets for individual students based on reasonable rates of progress
  • Create systems to track student progress based on targets
  • Learn how to use these systems to improve accountability throughout the school

Course duration

1 day

Note: This course can be extended to include a half day session on data analysis and

  • Accountability at all levels in the school
  • Informing planning
  • Grouping students to realise maximum individual achievement