Assessment frameworks enable the wider learning and achievements of all learners to be recognised and valued. They allow systematic monitoring of learners’ progress (and related school performance) in areas that were often regarded as less important than academic progress but are now recognised as essential to learning and success, such as mental health and well-being.
Assessment refers to the ways teachers and other people involved in a learner’s education systematically collect and then use information about a learner’s level of achievement and/or development in different areas of their educational experience (academic, behaviour and social). Assessment enables adjustments to the curriculum and teaching approaches, identifies and overcomes barriers to learning, and informs support decisions.
(EASNIE, 2024a, p. 47).