Assessment and Reporting Group

Thursday 17th May 2018 - Assessment and Reporting Group Meeting

This afternoon the newly formed Assessment and Reporting group met to begin discussions on how we want to change our assessment and reporting styles with the abolishment of National Standards.  

In attendance were Gary, Glenys, Amy, Vanessa, Nikki, Linda, Susan, Joanne and myself.  

Gary started by explaining the Ministry’s position on the scrapping of National Standards including the expectations for reporting to the Ministry that are still in place and legislation reform.  He then initiated discussion around the concept of why we wanted to change the way we do things at Torbay. We split into a couple of groups and made notes on this question.

Upon coming back together it was evident that groups shared some similar ideas with some caveats in place, for example we all wanted to stop labelling children as Well Below, Below, At etc.  but identified a need to still be honest with parents about a child’s progress. There was consensus on making sure that changes did not add to teacher workload and discussion on involving the community, including students, on what reports may look like.  Topics including anniversary reporting, and assessing and reporting on the wider curriculum were also discussed.

Our next steps are to consider how to consult with colleagues and our wider community and to research into how other schools do their assessment and reporting.