Assessment in Religious Education
RED – To know you more Clearly (EYFS – Year 6)
The ways of knowing outline the skills that pupils develop as they advance through the religious education curriculum. These concepts go beyond both the Age-Related Standards and the Levels of Attainment in Religious Education, although they have emerged from these previous documents. Children are no longer assess in terms of levels, but instead “Ways of Knowing”. Due to progress in religious education, this new way of assessing encompasses more than just performance and summative assessment. They are termed "ways of knowing" because they reflect the holistic manner in which individuals experience education: as a deepening understanding, a creative and critical integration of knowledge, and an acknowledgment of how learning applies to one’s own life. The three ways of knowing are “understand,” “discern,” and “respond.” In the accompanying table on ways of knowing, we outline the objective of each way, the skills needed to cultivate them, the key terms that signify progress, and general progression indicators for each age phase. (Paraphrased from RED 2023)
