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MOUNT ST THOMAS PUBLIC SCHOOL

Revised June, 2002

ASSESSING AND REPORTING TO PARENTS POLICY STATEMENT

RATIONALE:

Assessment is the process of gathering data and making judgements about students needs, strengths, abilities, interests and achievement of outcomes.

Assessment of student progress is integral to teaching and learning. It may be informal as part of daily teaching strategies or formalised through activities that are designed specifically to indicate student achievement and progress.

This equips us to provide parents with information in relation to their child’s individual progress and performance at school.

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OUTCOMES:

• To provide an individual written and/or oral report on each child in all Key Learning Areas (K.L.A.'s).

• To show a progression of each child’s individual achievement in all K.L.A’s.

• To use assessment as a way of identifying areas which require particular emphasis or directions that their future learning will take.

Assessment involves the process of:

• gathering information about student knowledge, understandings, skills, attitudes and values.

• evidence of student progress can be achieved by observation, listening, structured student interviews, student / teacher discussions, student explanation and demonstration, analysing samples of student work, developing student portfolios and pen and paper tests.

• summarising, recording and storing information.

• interpreting the information in terms of outcomes.

• using information to make judgements about the level of student achievement, to identify future learning needs, to provide information at school or system level and to report student progress to parents.

An integral part of pupil assessment of achievement and progress is the communication of this information to parents. Reporting to parents can be informal through daily interaction before, during and after school. Parents are encouraged to discuss and check on their child’s progress at any time and are made welcome in the classroom. Parents who are involved in school activities such as Canteen, P & C, School Council, sport, excursions, fundraising, helping in the classroom and library gain valuable insight and understanding of their child’s progress.

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ASSESSMENT / REPORTING TIMETABLE

• Report on Reading Levels each term (except Kinder and Year 1 students)
• Parent Interviews available on request
• Year 3 and Year 5 Basic Skills Reporting - individual and whole school
• Achievement Awards

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