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A useful way to look at how assessment enters the approach of ongoing teaching and planning for teachers is to consider the teacher/learning cycle diagram below. This diagram illustrates that assessment is essential in guiding teacher’s decision making about what to teach and illustrating on what students have learnt from learning experiences provided in the teaching program.


 * Figure 1.1 ** This teaching/learning cycle shows the place of assessment in teachers’ decision-making



By working through the steps in the cycle above, as teachers, we can ensure the learning experiences we provide will be based on what our students already know and can do, and will be effective in shifting students on to the next stage of learning.