Term 4 End of Year Assessments? Are they required? How to finish the school year?
Early Years and Foundation:
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. What screens are required to be administered is specified on page 6 of these manuals.
Years 1 & 2:
Page 5 of the Screening & Tracking Manual.
The Early Reading Screen (P.16-19) should be completed by the end of week 2 in Term 4.
The Spelling Placement screen (P.12) should have been administered Week 10 of Term 3.
There is no end of term 4 screen that is recommended by PLD.
However 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?
Years 3, 4, 5 & 6:
Page 5 of the Screening & Tracking Manual.
The Spelling Placement screen (P.15-16) should have been administered Week 10 of Term 3.
For students operating at a Junior Primary level: The Early Reading Screen (P.23-26) 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 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?
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. What screens are required to be administered is specified on page 6 of these manuals.
Years 1 & 2:
Page 5 of the Screening & Tracking Manual.
The Early Reading Screen (P.16-19) should be completed by the end of week 2 in Term 4.
The Spelling Placement screen (P.12) should have been administered Week 10 of Term 3.
There is no end of term 4 screen that is recommended by PLD.
However 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?
Years 3, 4, 5 & 6:
Page 5 of the Screening & Tracking Manual.
The Spelling Placement screen (P.15-16) should have been administered Week 10 of Term 3.
For students operating at a Junior Primary level: The Early Reading Screen (P.23-26) 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 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?
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.
Updated on: 27/10/2022
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