Assessment / Records / Reporting Policy

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of assessment is to assist student learning, guide long-term planning and provide school-wide data.

To provide information to the student to assist learning.
To provide guidelines on future curriculum planning and purchasing.
To provide information for school-wide data collection.
To ensure all students are provided with learning experiences in all strands of all curriculum areas over a two-year period.
To provide parents with qualitative information about their child’s attainment level.

Classroom teachers are responsible for classroom planning and collection of data through assessment.
Assessment is to be based on Specific Learning Objectives that are directly related to the Achievement Objectives as outlined in all curriculum areas.
Assessment should be mainly formative in nature.
Data may be collected through a combination of observation, self-assessment by the student, peer assessment, conferencing, portfolios and tests.
All students will have a portfolio that contains samples from across the curriculum. It is available to go home. Year 7 books are kept and returned to the student at the end of Year 8.

School-wide data collection is the responsibility of team leaders, curriculum leaders, and data analysts.
Staff will be advised in February of any long-term requirements. This data will be summative in nature.
School data is collected in all curriculum areas and is presented to the Board of Trustees throughout the year.

Chairperson: John Talbot

Approval Date: 18 November 2008

Review Date: November 2011