Assessment in BGPS

Overview

• Balanced assessment in BGPS• Using Formative Assessment in the Classroom

• Changes in P1 HDP Reporting

• Parent-Child-Teacher Conferencing

• How to support your child

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Using Formative Assessment in the classrooms

• Formative Assessment (FA) :

Processes that teachers and students use to gather evidence for the purpose of improving learning

• Through the use of tools & strategies, teachers will:• Find out what students have learnt

• Provide descriptive feedback

• Help students move learning forward

• Teach students what to look out for to produce good quality work

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Examples of Formative Assessment Tools

Rubrics / Checklists Mini-whiteboards

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Examples of Formative Assessment Tools

ICT tools (e.g. Plickers, Kahoot!)

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Formative Assessment Tools in Student Handbook

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Changes in P1 & P2 HDP Reporting

• Changes in P1-P2 Holistic Development Profile (HDP) Reporting

Current Practice 2019 Onwards

• *Weighted Assessments (WA) are conducted during P1 and P2, and EYE at P2

• Students’ learning progress is reported using marks and grades

• No WA, school will use formative assessments to move students’ learning forward

• Qualitative descriptors used to report mastery of learning at P1 and P2

*A weighted assessment refers to an assessment for which scores attained count towards the subject grade.

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Changes in P1 & P2 HDP Reporting

• Sample HDP with qualitative descriptors

Holistic Development ProfileName : Adrian Tan Date : 6 Nov 2019

Age on 1st Jan : 6 S/N : 15 Identification No : T0612345F

Class : P1-Respect

Form Teacher : Miss Tan Co-Form Teacher : Miss Low

SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS

• Understands number notations, representations and place values up to tens. Accomplished

• Understands the concepts of addition and subtraction, including the relationship between adding and subtracting.

Competent

• Identifies, sorts, compares and order objects (e.g. by colour, shape, size or orientation) Competent

• Tell time to the hour / half hour. Developing

Qualitative Descriptors to

state your child’s mastery for an LO

Specific Learning Outcomes

for each subject

Balanced Assessment in BGPS-- Parent-Child-Teacher Conferencing (PCTC)

• Rationale: To engage learners in the assessment process and in communicating their own learning (“Student’s voice”)

• Child will be sharing his/her learning to parents and teacher during the meeting• Guidance will be provided by his/her subject teacher prior to the meeting

• When? – P1 PCTC to be held in July 2019

– P2 to P6 PCTC will be held once a year

How can you support your child?

sk open-ended questions :

• “Why” and “How” questions to let your child tell you what they are thinking

A

B

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e specific in your feedback :

• Let your child know how he/she can improve in the work quality

ulture of learning > grades :

• Focus on improvement rather than comparing with his peers

Thank you