Assessment and reporting

The teachers at BWSODE use a variety of strategies to assess student learning. These include observing work on Integration days, Mini schools, Home visits, weekly pack returns, scheduled assessment tasks and individual learning sessions with students.

Teachers formally assess a student’s achievement based on the outcomes described in the syllabus of each subject.

As a parent or carer of a primary-aged child, you’ll receive a written report usually near the end of Term 2 and again in Term 4. It will give you a clear picture of your child’s achievements – what they know and can do.

Assessments

We provide detailed information to students about what we expect from them throughout the year and how their work will be assessed. Students have a number of formal assessments throughout their schooling.

• Best Start – a mandatory, one-to-one assessment that identifies a student’s literacy and numeracy skills at the beginning of Kindergarten.
• National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) – reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and numeracy tests for students in Years 3 and 5. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) holds the tests in May each year. Results and student reports are released in August.
• Some students may elect to sit the opportunity class or selective high school placement tests. For more information, visit selective high schools and opportunity classes.