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Assessment for Learning

    Resource Type: 
    etf
    PID: 
    etf:3346
    Description: 

    This project explored a nationally significant issue in prison education: how to assess the English ability of ESOL learners.

    Document: 
    PDF icon OTLA Phase 7 (English) - P16a Weston College - Final.pdf
    Taxonomy: 
    Practitioner Research and Evidence Hub: 
    Yes
    Principal focus of the project: 

    This project focussed on overcoming a disconnect between ESOL learners’ levels at initial assessment and their performance in class. 

    What is this about and what were the main findings: 

    The project ran at HMP Maidstone, a Foreign National Prison (FNP) with ESOL learners who were almost all at Entry Level. Not confident that the BKSB initial assessment was accurate for ESOL students, a new targetted assessment was developed. Digital content, including 'How to' videos, were  made available on a dedicated prison TV channel, and supported by writing assessments and activity packs. The project reported that the trialled assessment had accurately differentiated between pre-Entry ESOL, Entry-level ESOL, and Functional Skills English learners. 

    Number of learner participants: 
    50-100
    Number of staff participants: 
    6-10
    Number of organisation participants: 
    2-5
    Name(s) of authors: 

    Weston College

    Name of associate programmes: 

    OTLA 7

    PREP Starred: 
    PREP Starred