Effective assessments engage students in reflecting on their learning, give students and teachers opportunities to analyze learning and improvement, and allow parents to see evidence of understanding. Assessments should assess students' prior knowledge and understandings of central ideas and lines of inquiry. There are formative assessments that aim to promote learning through frequent feedback and summative assessments that provide clear insights into student understanding. A variety of assessment strategies are used, including observations, performances, rubrics, anecdotal records, checklists, and student exemplars. Information about assessments is communicated to parents through conferences, portfolios, and written reports.

1. S
Key points to PYP
assessments
For parents

2. Student- Developed checklist
S Effective assessments engage
students in reflecting on their
learning and give both students and
teachers an opportunity to analyze
learning and understand what needs
to be improved and allow parents to
see evidence of students’
understanding.
Recording

3. Assessing
S Effective assessments assess students’
Prior knowledge of the central idea and
lines of inquiry.
S How we discover what the students know
and have learned?

4. SSummative
1. Aims to give teachers and students a clear insight
into student’s understanding
SFormative
1. Aims to promote learning by giving regular and
frequent feedback

5. Recording
S Assessment strategies
S Observations
S Performance assessments
S Rubrics
S Anecdotal records
S Continuums
S Checklist
S Exemplars

6. Reporting
SHow we choose to
communicate information
about assessment?

7. SConferences
SPortfolios
SWritten reports