Assessment for the Curriculum for Excellence (2010 Event)

Join Terry Lanagan, Executive Director of Educational Services at West Dunbartonshire Council as he explores a range of assessment methods and how they can be used within the Curriculum for Excellence to contribute to learning. This hour-long session was part of the strand of CDP events in our 2010 RBS Schools Programme and has proved extremely useful to educators in Scotland.

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