There is a growing recognition that for far too long teachers have been focusing excessively (mainly because they have been forced to do so by the demands of league tables, inspections, etc) on summative assessment - Assessment of Learning (AoL). However, you do not make a pig any fatter by repeatedly weighing it.

This is not a course about science assessment. It is a course about assessment for learning in a science context.

Assessment for learning is about generic concepts. Once those generic concepts have been understood they can be adapted ad infinitum. As well as giving delegates many science specific strategies, the course also offers lots of ideas that delegates can use to help other colleagues become more proficient in focusing their teaching on assessment for learning.