Assessment in year 4

[Toocold]

Can anyone tell me when normal assessments are for year 4 please?, not SATs just in year assessments? Thanks

Teachers will be assessing throughout the year. They should always have a clear idea of the children's levels, strengths, weaknesses etc.

Some schools choose to have an 'assessment' week where they complete more specific tasks, but that could be at any time- you'll need to speak to the teacher concerned.

Thanks, they have a set week I think at the school dd goes to, I wasn't sure if this was the same for all school's. It was either June or July last year. Thanks again.

As well as continuous assessment that is.

No, that'd be for the school to decide, so could be any time.

It may be that the school uses optional SATs in KS2.

I have no idea what they do in other schools but they definitely have assessment weeks over every year group even if not doing SATs, did same in year 3. Funny how all school's seem to operate slightly differently.

DS is in Y4 and did QCAs about 2 weeks ago... Whatever that means!

I'm off to explore QCAs!

A solicitors in Leeds :-)

Seems to be the organisation that writes SATs www.qca.org.uk although nice to think of DS being solicitor material! Not sure if he would do house moves or divorces... He is never in a rush to do anything, but then again often tells me 'it's not fair' ... Could go either way...

Wales? England? Scotland?

Here in Wales, y4 have national reading, numeracy and numerical reasoning tests (as do years 2 to 9) as well as CATs (cognitive abilities tests which are done in y4 and y7).

Assessments are part of the teachers' "Planning Cycle". (1. Observe, 2.Assess, 3.Evaluate, 4. Plan) Without Assessments teachers won't have a clue where the children are in their learning. In Surrey, Outstanding teachers are assessing their pupils weekly (depending on class number of children). Parents are informed every term about their child level of progress achieved and also about the 'next target'. It is likely for children to make more than one sub-level of progress if the teaching is good, if the children have clear direction, if they know what is expected from them, if they concentrate and are focused... so many Ifs :)

I meant one sub-level per term (but that is my own child I am talking about). :)

IMHO good teachers are continually assessing their class - but that doesn't require tests and the idea of weekly tests brings to mind that oft used quote you don't fatten a pig by weighing it