Term 4 End of Year Assessments? Are they required? How to finish the school year?

There is no end of Term 4 screening For Years 1-6. However, we suggest that you use a standardised assessment at the end of Term 4. More information here.

• Page 6 of the Early Years and Foundation Screening & Tracking Manuals.
• You will see here that there is a Mid-term (Week 6) and End-of-Term 4 screen for these years. Screens that are required to be administered is specified on page 6 of these manuals.

• Page 5 of the Screening & Tracking Manual.
• The Early Reading Screen (pages 16-20) should be completed by the end of Week 2 in Term 4.
• The Spelling Placement screen (page 13) should have been administered Week 10 of Term 3.
• There is NO end of Term 4 screen that is recommended by PLD.
• However, in mid-November, PLD does recommend a standardised reading and spelling test (to provide a reading age and spelling age/or stanine). Read more about this here:
• Reading 1: Which tests?
• Reading 2: Why standardised tests?

• Page 5 of the Screening & Tracking Manual.
• The Spelling Placement screen (pages 16 & 17) should have been administered Week 10 of Term 3.
• For students operating at a Junior Primary level: The Early Reading Screen (pages 24 -27) should be completed by the end of Week 2 in Term 4.
• There is NO end of Term 4 screen that is recommended by PLD.
• However, in mid-November, PLD does recommend a standardised reading and spelling test (to provide a reading age and spelling age/or stanine). Read more about this here:
• Reading 1: Which tests?
• Reading 2: Why standardised tests?

Updated on: 18/12/2024