Literacy and mathematics remain the key areas for teaching, learning and assessment as they are fundamental tools to enable students to access skills and knowledge across the curriculum.
It's important that data about student progress and achievement can be collated and analysed at a class and cohort level, to allow for the identification of students who are not making sufficient progress or who have special needs. This data may also identify aspects of the curriculum that require attention: for example, extra professional learning and development in a particular curriculum area. You can find lots of information on gathering and analysing data in the Using evidence for learning section of this website.
To support teachers to better understand and use the broad statements in the curriculum, our profession has developed sound, research-based fine-grained progressions of learning in the foundation areas of literacy and mathematics.
However, think carefully about your purposes for assessment. Assess only when the information will be used to improve teaching and learning. Do not over assess.
Literacy
Progressions of learning: Progressions of learning act as planning, teaching and assessment resources.
There are several iterations of our understanding of the progressions of learning in literacy up to level 5 of the curriculum.
- Ready to Read series, Junior Journals, School Journals (Go here for a better understanding of the Ready to Read series and Journals)
- Other levelled reading series
- Literacy Learning Progressions, Language Learning Progressions
- National Standards descriptors and exemplars
- Learning Progression Frameworks and Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)
- National Exemplars (written in the early 2000s but still widely used by schools)
Assessment tools: Several of the available assessment tools provide what next strategies so that they can be used as teaching resources as well as assessment resources. The following tools are the commonly used in NZ schools.
- e-asTTle reading and writing
- PAT reading comprehension, reading vocabulary, listening comprehension, punctuation and grammar
- STAR – supplementary test of reading
- Observation survey of early literacy achievement (aka Six Year Net)
- Assessment Resource Bank (ARBs)
- Record of Oral Language
- Junior Oral Language Screening Tool
Consult the Assessment tool selector for all available assessment tools in reading, writing and oral language.
Mathematics:
Progressions of learning: Progressions of learning act as planning, teaching and assessment resources.
As in literacy, there are several iterations of the progressions of learning in mathematics up to level 5 of the curriculum. Maths progressions illustrate discrete skills that build on each other to show progression.
- Numeracy Project resources
- National Standards descriptors and exemplars
- Learning Progression Frameworks and Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)
- Resources on NZ Maths on TKI
Assessment tools: Several of the available assessment tools provide what next strategies so that they can be used as teaching resources as well as assessment resources. The following tools are the most commonly used in NZ schools:
- e-asTTle maths
- PAT maths
- Numeracy Project assessment tools
- Assessment Resource Banks (ARBs)
What about our ORs students and those who have complex needs ?
- I dont believe that these tools are as finegrained as they need to be.
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