Assessment

What are you assessing?
Why are you assessing?
What will you do with the data after you collect it to inform student learning?

Purpose of Assessment at Kerrimuir

1. To inform teaching – identifying the level of student development
2. To promote student development – establish baseline measures against which to evaluate change over time
3. Teachers to use data to inform student learning
4. Team collaboration to use data to make better decisions about how to use data to improve student outcomes

Rationale Accurate and comprehensive student assessment helps to improve student learning and outcomes and assists in establishing the future direction of learning at Kerrimuir Primary School. In addition, assessment helps to identify areas of exemplary performance, as well as those in need of support and assistance and put plans in place to extend and support these students as required. This document aims to outline what needs to be done, how and by whom?

• To use assessments to plan for Zone of Proximal Development teaching and learning


• To improve student learning by accurately determining areas of current exemplary performance, as well as areas of future need.


• To implement assessment processes across Australian & Victorian Curriculum levels within the school.


• To achieve consistency in Assessment across Australian & Victorian Curriculum levels and teams within the school.