Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
National Probation Service
How effective are teaching, training and learning?

In effective self-assessment, teaching, training and learning are evaluated by the extent to which teachers...

2.7 carry out regular assessments that are fair, accurate and used effectively to plan an appropriate programme of work and inform learners of their progress.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the context of offenders on community supervision means teachers...

2.7.1 assess learners at regular, agreed intervals and monitor learners’ progress in relation to specific objectives in their ILPs.
2.7.2 involve learners in reviews of progress, in ways which are meaningful to learners, and record their comments and concerns.
2.7.3 negotiate short- and long-term learning goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.

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