Assessment

= **ASSESSMENT** =

We use a range of assessments at Levin North School in Literacy.

READING
__** Supplementary Test of Achievement in Reading (STAR) **__


 * For Year 3 and Year 4-6.
 * Administered in March and September.
 * Gives information on skills like Word Recognition, Vocabulary (meanings), Sentence Comprehension and Paragraph Comprehension.
 * Test is nationally normed.


 * __Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT)__**


 * Test of Vocabulary.
 * Test of Comprehension.
 * Administered in March.
 * Gives information on Vocabulary development as well as Comprehension of a range of texts.
 * Test is nationally normed.


 * __Running Records__**


 * Administered 1 to 1, at least twice a year.
 * Younger children and children who are making slow progress are assessed more often (monthly).
 * In a Running Record, the teacher listens to the child read a passage of text aloud and notes different reading behaviours.
 * The child is then asked a range of different questions related to the text and may be asked to retell the passage in their own words.
 * This test is great for tracking individual strengths, needs and progress.

SPELLING
//**Juniors (Year 0-2)**//

Basic word lists as appropriate.


 * //Middles (Year 3-4)//**

Pseudo Word Test.

This test gives information on children's knowledge of basic chunks of letters that give certain sounds e.g. -ate, -ait, -eight all may give the same sound.


 * //Seniors (Year 4-6)//**

Supplementary Spelling Assessment (SSpA).

This test looks at a range of skills - recognising words spelled wrongly, spelling a list of 30 age appropriate words, dictation.