CfE Assessment and Reporting

Parent Council Representatives

25th May 2011

CfE Assessment and Reporting

Assessment supports learning by:

• Identifying a learner’s strengths and achievements• Monitoring progress and informing next steps• Providing evidence for reporting, informing and

working with parents• Engaging learners in their own learning

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Why do we assess? Learners learn best when-

• All aspects of their progress are acknowledged

• They understand clearly what they are trying to learn

• They are given advice on how to improve their learning

• They have opportunities to apply knowledge, understanding and skills in a range of contexts

• They have opportunities to assess their own work against clear criteria

• They can discuss their learning with their teacher, peers and parents

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What is assessed?

• Knowledge• Understanding• Skills development• Personal attributes

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How do we assess?• Observation• Discussion• Questioning• Evaluation of final products• End of unit tests• Presentations

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When do we assess?

• Day to day

• Throughout the year

• Transition

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The purposes of reporting

• provides clear, positive and constructivefeedback on learning and progress

• an agenda for discussion to support next steps in learning

• promotes parental engagement intheir child’s learning

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Types of reporting

• Written reports• Parent Teacher Interviews• Open afternoons/evenings• Home/school link books

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What will reporting look like in the new curriculum?

• Progress will be described in brief qualitative statements

• Progress in learning – knowledge and understanding, skills development and the development of attributes

• Achievement of a curriculum level, either in a part of a curriculum area such as reading, or in a whole curriculum area such as mathematics

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What will reporting look like in the new curriculum?

• Ability to apply knowledge

• Achievement in different contexts and settings – in the life and ethos of the school, achievements outside school

• Areas for development and next steps in learning

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Curriculum for Excellence levels

• Early : Nursery – Primary 1• First : Primary 2, 3, 4• Second : Primary 5, 6, 7• Third & Fourth – Secondary 1, 2, 3

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Consolidating

Breadth-many Experiences and

Outcomes

Can apply learning in familiar situations

Beginning challenge

The Learner…

Secure

• Almost all Experiences and Outcomes

• Responded well to challenge

• Can apply learning in unfamiliar situations

Developing

•Starting to engage

•Beginning to make progress

•Increasing no. of Experiences + Outcomes