‘I know how to read longer novels: Developing pupils’ success criteria in the classroom’.

Assessment for Learning (AfL) is an established learning and teaching strategy.The authors identify issues with the effectiveness of its application in theclassroom. Having noted a theoretical shift from teacher-generated to pupil generated success criteria, the authors were keen to explore how this could berealised in practice. They developed a model based on AfL principles, which theyintroduced to a class of Year 5 pupils. They found that, whilst pupils can identifytheir own success criteria, a number of issues need to be considered by theinnovative teacher.