How Can You Foster Assessment Capable Leadership Across Your School?

Assessment practice has changed enormously with student agency and pedagogic voice (student voice about teaching and learning) linked with assessment for learning over the last few years in Aotearoa/New Zealand schools. In this article we share leader voices (with pseudonyms) and findings from our research into dimensions of assessment leadership. These leaders shared deliberate aspects of their leadership practice that focused on leading assessment learning and development in their schools. The following examples of practice and the table detailing the features of 'assessment capable leadership' provide an opportunity to consider what this looks like in your school or Kāhui Ako.