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Example questions for the Foundation Stage coordinator or the manager of the preschool
setting to determine the function and general orientation (e.g. formative, summative) of the
assessment tools applied in the setting.

1. What types of assessment (e.g. formative, summative) are used in the foundation stage and
in which areas of learning do these assessments take place?
Formative assessment is used to assess children at the end of lesson or during activities.
Summative assessment is used to assess children at the end of unit.

2. How are assessments made e.g. via observations of children engaged in everyday activities
initiated by the child or on teacher initiated tasks / tests?
Teacher observe children while they are doing the activities and she use chick list to assess
them this chick list include student names and how they are doing to clarify, (Expellant, vary
good, good, week).
3. When are assessments scheduled e.g. continuously or at specific points in the academic
year?
Some of the assessment is continuously to see how children are doing during lessons and
some of the assessment is doing in specific time.
4. Who is involved in implementing and recording assessments e.g. teachers, teaching
assistants, children, parents?
Teachers is the main person to do the assessments because she have to know each
children development but parents and assistants can help the teacher to do it with her.

5. How are assessments moderated across the setting?

Assessment should include the important parts of each lesson or each unit that children
should know it.
6. What form does this take e.g. computer generated profiles, mixed media profiles, written
reports, learning stories or a combination of forms?
In my opinion teacher should use different forms to document the results because this will help
her to develop children learning.
7. How are the results of these assessments documented and communicated to parents,
teachers and other stakeholders?
Teacher can send the results for each parents or meet them and discuss about it or she can
create a portfolio for each children and let the parent go through it and see their children
results or she can put all children work in files and send this file to the parents to have a
look.
8. What support is provided by the school and/or curriculum in terms of specific, measurable
assessment criteria e.g. sample assessments or vignettes that provide a contextualized
example of the attainment of a specific goal or objective?
Schools provide visual materials that help teacher to use it in the classroom to assess
children.