During the term your child will have participated in a wide range of assessments in Literacy. This is an explanation of a few of them.

Just as we do in Mathematics (see previous article here) we use a wide range of assessment techniques in Reading and Writing to gather information about your child to help us better know and support them with their learning. These may include observations of your child during guided reading and writing sessions, Writing Blasts, weekly spelling tests, one-to-one testing such as Running Records or Probes or standardised testing such as PATs.

Observations and Anecdotal Evidence: Day to day evidence is gathered through teachers carefully listening to, monitoring and questioning your child during their day to day lessons. This often informs how the teacher will adjust the lesson to meet the needs of the learners as the lesson progresses and in future planning. 

Running Records and Probe: are administered one-to-one and give teachers an understanding of a learners ability to decode text and comprehension skills. They are used to determine skills your child has achieved and what they need to focus on during guided reading sessions. 

Progressive Assessment Tests (PATs): are multiple-choice tests designed to help teachers determine achievement levels of children in Years 4 through 6. They are usually done once a year in March. For more information click here.

If you have any questions about any of these assessments please see your child's homegroup teacher or Rebecca.