E8 Observation and Assessment Flashcards
(14 cards)
How do National assessments and benchmarks help practitioners?
-Monitor and record the achievements of children and young people at different stages and feed this back to parents and local authority
-Look at and compare progress in different parts of the country and to feed this back to government to build a national picture of achievement
Why might an educational setting carry out national assessments?
They enable practitioners to check that children are working towards a similar level in key subjects. This is a way of ensuring that standards and confidence are promoted and a national picture of progress is created.
How do we use formative assessment?
-Using regular observations
-Questioning children
-Listening to children’s reasoning
-Asking children to review their own or another’s progress
What is formative assessment?
They are carried out through talking to and questioning children, observing and listening them and how they respond in different activities. This then helps practitioners plan for the future learning to set ongoing targets.
What is summative assessment?
It is a summing up of what children know and can do. It is often at the end of the topic, key stage or academic year. In EYFS, it is used to check on development in regular intervals.
What are the main reasons for observing children?
-Identify the progress they are making with their learning and development
-Plan for the next steps
What are some reasons for formal observation?
-Identifying developmental progress
-Informing feedback for next steps
-Informing planning
-Adhering to policies
-Maintaining validity/reliability
-Enabling interventions
-Sharing information with colleagues, families and others
What are some types of recording observation?
Free description: detailed description
Time sample: a record of how often a child carries out a behaviour or activity
Checklist: ticking what child is able to do
Snapshot: photo of brief description
What are the three statutory assessments?
Two-year check: provides parents with summary of development of three prime areas, identifies needs for additional support
RBA: first 6 weeks of reception, practical activities, gives school baseline data to monitor
EYFS profile: for each early learning goal, shows wether child is at expected or development still in emerging
How do teachers, lecturers, teaching assistants monitor children’s understanding and progress?
-Each organisation is likely to have its own ongoing assessment procedures as well as the statutory summative assessments
-Head teachers will usually meet teachers regularly to discuss children’s progress and identify any issues.
What are the three statutory assessments?
Two-year check: provides parents with summary of development of three prime areas, identifies needs for additional support
RBA: first 6 weeks of reception, practical activities, gives school baseline data to monitor
EYFS profile: for each early learning goal, shows wether child is at expected or development still in emerging
What will assessors usually do?
Usually work with older students in college or sixth forms
They will look at the way in which students carry out their duties in the workplace. May also question them to check their understanding about aspects of their role, or set assignments to check knowledge.
What will professionals do to provide targeted feedback?
-Give students specific feedback through their ongoing assessments
-Identify areas which need development
-Support students in achieving their targets
What do coaches/mentors do?
-Offer advice and guidance
-Support students learning and development
-Support students in identifying what they need to do next
-Get to know students to identify any barriers to achievement
-Arrange additional support if needed
-Help students with individual targets
-Advise them on how they can improve
