(Classroom Based Assessments, Developmental Continuum, Standardized Tests)
The assessment system in Lower Primary includes multiple assessment tools such as developmental continuums in reading and writing, foundational skill schedules, reading running records, collecting data on the various types of reading strategies children use as they read, math assessment profiles and student portfolios.
We believe assessments provide teachers with timely information for increasing individual student performance on a day-to-day basis. We believe that the most informative and accurate measure of student achievement is derived from classroom performance assessments based on daily observations of what students can do with what they have learned. Ultimately, we want students to understand how they learn, how they can evaluate their own performance and how they can undertake the learning necessary to improve their work. We want to help students learn how to interpret and celebrate their own growth. We believe all assessment should help our instructional planning, our communication with parents and the evaluation of the effectiveness of our program, materials and approaches. More information can be found in our Philosophy of Assessment.
