Assessing Children’s Writing: A best practice guide for primary teaching

This book supports teachers and trainee teachers with the assessment of writing, and particularly assessment as part of the cycle of planning and teaching - assessment used formatively.

• Explores the issues and challenges in the assessment of writing

• Highlights the importance of specific feedback

• Features examples of children’s work and detailed guidance on how to assess each piece

• Includes a chapter on supporting children to write more outside of school