This document discusses assessment and reporting in education. It notes that the primary purpose of assessment is to improve student learning. It discusses the principles from the Growing Success policy document and provides Damian Cooper's metaphor that compares diagnostic assessments to try outs, formative assessments to practices, and summative assessments to games. The document also mentions that assessments should collect a variety of evidence, not just products, to best evaluate student learning. It describes the reporting process of a progress report in the fall with no marks, followed by two report cards during the year with letter grades in all subjects.

1. Assessment & Reporting
Some General Ideas
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2. The primary
purpose of
assessment and
evaluation is to
improve student
learning
learning,.Growing Success p. 6
Driving Factor
Growing Success - Policy Document

3. Seven Fundamental
principles
Growing Success

4. Damian Cooper’s
Metaphor helps explain
Think of a sport:
Diagnostic-The Try Outs
Formative-Practices
Summative-Game
Large Scale
Assessments-
Tournaments

5. There are many different
assessment strategies and tools
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6. Ongoing Diverse
Assessment require…

7. Assessment
for, of, as
Chapter 4 of Growing Success

8. Evidence
Collect a variety of assessment data
- not looking at products alone.

9. So as to best evaluate students
learning.
But remember …

10. The primary
purpose of
assessment and
evaluation is to
improve student
learning
learning,.Growing Success p. 6
Driving Factor
Growing Success - Policy Document

11. Reporting
A Progress Report in the fall with no marks (just
progressing well or with difficulty indicated). A
chance for a conversation.
2 Report cards (January & June) with Letter
Grades
Report on all subjects (4 strands in math, drama
or dance)

12. Reporting
The Report card has
several parts
Learning Skills with both a
levelled section and a
general note (my favourite
part)
Section for each of the
curriculum area
General info-often
automatically generated.

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