All About Assessments
Play-based activities
How many Assessments will teachers have to conduct this year ?
3 in a year - Once every 3 months
"Parents shouldn't put too much pressure on children to revise before Assessments during Early Years" - Why?
Too stressful for children - may get scared and not reply or reply incorrectly during assessments.
Conducting Assessments will help which of these stakeholders - Teacher, Student, Parent
Teacher and Parent
What will the teacher use to talk about child's progress with parents ?
Holistic Report Cards
What are the different Areas of Development ?
Physical development, Cognitive development, Language development, Social and Emotional development (and Creativity and Curiosity)
How does conducting Assessment in Early Years help the teacher ?
Any one of these would be the right answer :
1. Understand the child's progress in Learning Objectives / Milestones
2. Support the child's specific learning needs / Areas of Development
3. Plan for activities for the upcoming days to help her children growth better
Tell me two ways in which assessments will help the parents?
- Know their child's progress in achieving age- appropriate milestones
- Understand which Area of Development their child needs more support at home
Should the teacher do the Assessment for all students at the same time ?
No. She can create groups of 4 - 5 children and do the assessments for them.
What are the 3 levels for the milestones in the report card?
LPA - Learning, Progressing, Achieved
Tell me why an Early Years teacher should do 'Play-based Assessment' instead of 'Formal Exam' in her class ?
Because teacher will be able to assess the progress made by children in Learning Objectives or milestones of all Areas of Development (AoD)
What are the steps a teacher should follow while conducting Assessments?
1. Make a list of Learning Objectives for assessment
2. Prepare for activities by keeping materials ready
3. Assess children in groups / one by one through these activities
4. Observe if the student is doing the activity or not
5. Make note of the progress made by child in the report card
Tell me three things parents should NOT do when Assessments are being done in the School?
- Make the child practice only writing
- Revise excessively because its exams week
- Change their routine / Tell them to study the whole day and not let them play
What is 'Learning Objectives'? State examples for the different Areas of Development.
Age-appropriate milestones that children need to achieve in each Area of Development
How will talking to parents about child's Learning Objectives help ?
Teachers and Parents will be able to work together to help the child achieve age appropriate milestones in all areas of development