Kwan Lung Chan 
Establishing an ‘assessment for learning’ culture in music classrooms in Hong Kong [PDF ebook] 

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics – Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: 3.7, Education University of Hong Kong (The Education University of Hong Kong, Department of Curriculum and Instruction), course: TLS3003 Curriculum and Assessment, language: English, abstract: The focus of assessment for learning is to diagnose learning problems, as opposed to the measuring of students’ attainment in assessment of learning. Assessment for learning involves two processes. First, teachers get evidence about students’ learning. Second, they analyze the evidence to locate where the students are in learning and how they should take their next steps.
This essay will discuss what mechanism is suitable for assessment for learning in the music classroom, including in getting evidence, locating levels and substantial follow-up work.