Parent Information Evening School Reports

Reports: 1927 What do you think about this type of report?

Name: Mary Smith End of year 1968 MarksEffortComment Reading 66%BNeeds to read every night Oral language 70%BNeeds to listen Written Language 75%BTries hard Handwriting 95%ANeat and tidy Arithmetic 65%BNeeds to learn her tables Social Studies 80%B Nature Study 81%B Manual 95%AWorks well Art 25%DNeeds to listen Music 50%CParticipates Phys Ed 60%CTries hard Place in Class: 3rd Comment: Could try harder. Pleasant and helpful. Teacher: Mrs White 1967 And this?

1986: What’s good and bad here?

2000: More information than ever Portfolios. Sample books. Goal setting. Oral reports with children showing parents what they have been doing and have achieved. 3 way conferencing with parents and students helping with setting the goals. Testing becomes more standardised – PATs, spelling, numeracy project. NEMP, ARB… Results are used to show teachers what the students already know and what they need to learn next.

What does standardised mean? Using the same test for all the students in an age group. Marking it exactly the same way Trialled over a lot of groups to get the average range – this being where most students fall, with some above and some below. Follows the curve of natural distribution. Tested and updated as necessary.

What is the best way to mark standardised tests? A. Stanines Raw score – what the student gets right out of the total Compare to age Scale it Convert it to a score between 1-9. These are understood world wide. B. Compare with real age C. Describe which stage the child is at. Stanines 9 = 2.5% 8 = 5% 7 = 10% 6 = 15% 5 = 35% 4 = 15% 3 = 10% 2 = 5% 1 = 2.5%

Standardized Tests that We Use: PAT: Progressive Achievement test STAR: Standardized tests for Assessment of reading PROBE: Prose Reading Observation, Behaviour and Evaluation. Running Records: Reading test to find the student’s optimum reading level for ongoing learning. 6 year NET: Test given around the 6 th birthday to analyse a student’s reading strengths and weaknesses. GLOSS: Global Strategy Stage (in numeracy) asTTLe: Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning JAM: Junior Maths Assessment IKAN: Individual Knowledge Assessment of Number Strands: Sub-headings within a subject. Eg: Mathematics is made up of Strand 1. Number and Algebra Strand 2. Geometry and Measurement Strand 3. Statistics SWST: Single Work Spelling Test

How We Use Them To put students in the best groups for reading writing and maths To compare progress year by year. To write reports. We collect the results of all the tests and look at the classroom work that the child usually can achieve. This then is compared to the MOE National Standards. We then work out the best fit result for this child.

Writing Reports Today Need to describe how your child compares to the National Standards. We need to outline what your child’s next steps are. We need to give some ideas for how parents can help. At Kaiwaka School we like to give you the information we have about your child. At Kaiwaka School we describe your child’s personal strengths. At Kaiwaka School we ask the children to describe their own progress twice a year.

Sample Reports Teachers to show the different sorts of tests. Any questions