Assessment overview

Assessment is the process of generating, gathering, recording, interpreting, using and reporting evidence of learning in individuals, groups or systems, which relies upon a number of instruments, one of which may be a test. Educational assessment provides information about progress in learning.  To find out more about assessment in an area of interest to you, visit the assessment pages for Early Childhood, Primary, and Post-Primary Junior and Senior cycles. Simply click on the relevant link below. 

A general introduction to Assessment for Learning is available in the junior cycle pages. Please follow the link to go directly to an Introduction to Assessment for Learning.

Assessment in Aistear: the early childhood curriculum framework		Assessment in post-primary: junior cycle
Assessment in primary schools		Assessment in post-primary: senior cycle