The document discusses different types of student assessments used at a school, including standardized tests, school assessments, and teacher observations. It notes that standardized tests provide a "one off snapshot" while school assessments are summative and teacher observations are formative. Several questions are raised about how staff understand and use standardized test results, the frequency and alignment of school assessments, and guidelines for teacher observations. Next steps discussed include defining quality assessment practices and staff reviewing information on an online assessment tool.
A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
ERO 2014 Visit Assessment Feedback
1. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
2. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
← School Assessments (end of topic or running
records etc)… Summative
3. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
← School Assessments (end of topic or running
records etc)… Summative
← Teachers Professional Judgements and
Observations (ongoing)… Formative
4. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
← School Assessments (end of topic or running
records etc)… Summative
← Teachers Professional Judgements and
Observations (ongoing)… Formative
5. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
What distribution of results? Do staff understand results?
How are these results used by staff ?
← School Assessments (end of topic or running
records etc)… Summative
← Teachers Professional Judgements and
Observations (ongoing)… Formative
6. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
What distribution of results? Do staff understand results?
How are these results used by staff ?
← School Assessments (end of topic or running
records etc)… Summative
How often? Tied to NZC?
← Teachers Professional Judgements and
Observations (ongoing)… Formative
7. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
← Standardised Testing (asTTle or PAT or Burt etc)…
One off ‘snap shot’ assessment.
What distribution of results? Do staff understand results?
How are these results used by staff ?
← School Assessments (end of topic or running
records etc)… Summative
How often? Tied to NZC?
← Teachers Professional Judgements and
Observations (ongoing)… Formative
What guidelines exist for these in staff ? What PD?
What is expected? What feed back/forward with the
Learner?
8. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
Next Steps…
One of the draft action steps is “Quality Assurance”
– that is getting confidence that what is quality
practice is common practice.
9. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
Next Steps…
One of the draft action steps is “Quality Assurance”
– that is getting confidence that what is quality
practice is common practice.
For Data that will involve us as a staff to
formulate what ‘quality practice’ looks like in
our classrooms as individuals and as a
collective.
10. ERO 2014 Visit - Feedback
Next Steps…
One of the draft action steps is “Quality Assurance”
– that is getting confidence that what is quality
practice is common practice.
For Data that will involve us as a staff to
formulate what ‘quality practice’ looks like in
our classrooms as individuals and as a
collective.
Homework – Reading up on PACT online tool
on TKI which is designed to support teacher
judgements up to level four.