We are returning now to some final thoughts about improving your classroom practice. Assessment for Learning (AFL) is a recent UK initiative which bears directly on your teaching. If you're an experienced teacher wanting to revitalize your work, AFL might be a good place to look. Your assessment practice might be over-settled, and having another think about what assessment is for is a way of shining a light on your teaching in general. The name of the initiative puts assessment in its place-it exists to support learning, nor simply to judge or report on it. It has been embraced by many as a way of doing more creative and varied things with assessment (peer assessment, self-assessment, and so on) and, while this is a good thing, and certainly better than nothing, it really only works when you're clear about the essential link between assessment and pupils' progress, and how this is driving the choices you're making.