How well do I know success criteria?

The correct statements highlight that success criteria clarify what students should achieve and break down learning goals into manageable steps, aiding understanding and progress. It should be part of every lesson, made known to students and not only confined to teachers' use or when grading is required.

To build student ownership, success criteria should ideally be co-created with students or can be facilitated by the teacher, e.g. getting students to analyse what they need to know, understand and do from looking at exemplars.

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Success criteria primarily indicate the goals and outcomes expected from the learning process and the steps towards achieving them. Therefore, they help us understand where the learner is going, guiding them towards their objectives.

The use of success criteria is part of the processes for assessment for learning (AfL). The teaching actions for AfL basically answer the following 3 questions:
- Where the learner is going?
- Where the learner is now?
- How to get there?

'I can write an introduction that summarises 2 – 3 different views of a topic clearly,' best fits success criteria as it specifies a clear requirement for the demonstration of skills required for discursive writing, e.g. summarising multiple perspectives, demonstrating analytical skills. It
- describes the product / performance of learning clearly and is
- Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time specific (e.g. by the end of the lesson) 

Including purpose or context in success criteria is crucial as it helps reflect the relevance of what students are learning and clarifies how and where the knowledge or skills will be applied, enhancing their understanding.

The success criteria lacks clarity as it does not clearly connect the action of writing with the purpose of demonstrating creativity. It is either misaligned or lacking clarity, for example, is the focus on the mechanics of writing or on developing creativity? Improving clarity by checking alignment will help students understand the relevance of what they are learning as well as the steps to achieving the intended learning.

All the answers are good suggestions for healthy living but the better ones are those that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant & Time specific (SMART). While the option to limit KFC looks SMART but it is a negative criterion on what not to do compared to (positively and actively) taking 1 - 3 servings of fresh vegetables/fruit every meal.

Happy healthy 2025!