Busy Teacher's Guide to Peer Assessment

1. Busy Teacher’s Guide to Peer Assessment (13 screen PowerPoint)

Get straight to the essentials with this concise, classroom-ready guide. Perfect for busy teachers, it distils peer assessment into practical steps you can use tomorrow.

Inside you’ll find:

• The key benefits of peer assessment at a glance.
• Simple feedback essentials and pupil-friendly scaffolds.
• Quick strategies for structuring lessons and training pupils.
• A “Top 5 Takeaways” summary for easy recall.

Designed for maximum impact in minimum time, this guide helps teachers save workload while empowering pupils to take ownership of their learning.

1. Coffee Break Guide: Peer Assessment (one-page PDF)

A five-minute professional development read - ideal for a quick boost over coffee. This one-page guide explains peer assessment in clear, practical terms and shows how to make it work in your classroom.

It covers:

• What peer assessment is and why it matters.
• Essentials of effective peer feedback.
• Tried-and-tested scaffolds (TAG, sentence starters, rubrics, traffic lights).
• Quick success tips, teacher role, and pupil training points.
• A “Why Peer Assessment Works” box linking practice to higher-order thinking and metacognition.

Perfect as a quick refresher or a handy staffroom reference, this guide gives you the confidence to put peer assessment into action right away.