Assessment tools

Assessment tools

Assessment Resource Banks (ARBs)
These consist of curriculum-based assessment resources designed for students working at English, maths, and science curriculum levels 2 to 5, for use in New Zealand schools. This tool can be used to assess reading and writing.
asTTle
Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (asTTle) is a diagnostic tool that assesses literacy and numeracy to provide information on student achievement relevant to levels 2–6 of the curriculum and national norms of performance for students in years 4 to 12.
e-asTTle
This is the online version of asTTle, piloted in 2008.
English Exemplars : An English exemplar is a sample of authentic student work annotated to illustrate learning, achievement, and quality in relation to levels 1 to 5 of English in the New Zealand Curriculum (1993). The English exemplars relate to every strand of the English curriculum, to a range of achievement objectives, and to a variety of associated text forms.

PATs
Teachers used Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) to assess listening comprehension in years 3 to 9, and to assess reading comprehension, reading vocabulary, and maths in years 4 to 9.
PROBE
Prose, Reading Observation, Behaviour, and Evaluation (PROBE) can be used to assess reading in years 2 to 10.
Running Records
Teachers use these to get reliable information about their students’ reading skills and fluency. They are mainly used from year 1 until a student becomes a fluent reader.

School Entry Assessment : School Entry Assessment (SEA) enables teachers of new entrants to gather information about their literacy and numeracy skills, as individuals and within groups, so that they can make informed decisions when planning a student’s learning programme.

SEA
School Entry Assessment (SEA) enables teachers of new entrants to gather information about their literacy and numeracy skills, as individuals and within groups, so that they can make informed decisions when planning a student’s learning programme.
Supplementary Test of Achievement in Reading :
Supplementary Test of Achievement in Reading (STAR) helps teachers to identify those needing extra help, group children by ability and needs, diagnose areas of difficulty, and evaluate programmes. It can be used to assess reading years 3 to 9.

The assessment tool selector - The assessment tool selector is a resource for teachers and schools to help them select the most appropriate assessment tool to suit their particular purpose. The selector gives you information about assessment tools most frequently used in New Zealand schools, in every area of the curriculum up to and including Year 10.

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