Assessment Leadership

Nelson Central School

School Assessment Cycle

Annual targets are set based on identified school wide needs or specific cohort needs from previous analysis of assessment data.
e.g. Reading - Raise achievement in reading with understanding for all children through the following sub targets: Students in Years 1-3 will be reading at expectations as per the Literacy Learning Progressions. Students in Years 3-6 will be at typical or above average range on STAR Sentence Comprehension, Paragraph Comprehension and Vocabulary sub-tests.

School Assessment Cycle

Identify & select appropriate assessment tools. Know your assessment tools. Prepare & publish assessment calendar. Organise staff PD to ensure consistency in data gathering and moderation. Collection & central storage of assessment data.

School Assessment Cycle

Analyse data
Annual trends Cohort strengths/weaknesses Gender group strengths/weaknesses Ethnic group strengths/weaknesses Comparison against national norm data and schools with similar deciles & community base.

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Reporting data
Teachers Board of Trustees School Community Parents Students

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Using data to improve teaching & learning

Professional development needs identified Professional discussions Programme planning

School Assessment Cycle

More data collection (end of year data) More analysis More reporting

School Assessment Cycle

Prepare Analysis of Variance report. Set targets for following year. Begin the cycle again