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ASSESSMENTS

The purpose of assessment is to gather and analyze information about student performance. It is designed
to inform teaching and learning. It identifies what students know, understand, can do and feel at different
stages in the learning process.

School-Based Assessments that support student learning
These assessments are varied and may include depending on the developmental age of the students.

• Running Records
• Math Assessments pre, during and post each unit
• Observational monitoring
• Performance assessments
• Process-focused assessments
• Selected responses
• Open ended tasks

National Assessments that support student learning

MAP – Measure of Academic Progress
Mandated by the Ministry of Education MAP assessments are administered 3 times across the year: September,
January and May.
MAP assessments are unique in that they adapt to be appropriate for your child’s level of learning. As a
result, each student has the same opportunity to succeed and maintain a positive attitude toward
assessments. And with MAP assessments, we can administer shorter assessments and use less class
time while still receiving detailed, accurate information about your child’s growth.

After each assessment period you will receive a report showing your child’s results. In class, teachers will
use this data to guide students in ongoing specific goal setting, monitoring and reflection.
We are truly excited to begin a new era that focuses on every child’s individual growth and achievement.
Partnering to help all kids learn, parents and teachers can have a profound positive effect on the lives of
our children.
For more information on resources for parents, download the Parent Toolkit.

We give students MAP assessments to determine your child’s instructional level and to measure academic
growth throughout the school year, and from year to year in the areas of:

• Grade 2: Reading, Language, and Math
• Grade 3,4,5: Reading, Language, Math, and Science.

Your child will take the assessments on a computer.

CAT 4 – Cognitive Abilities Test
Mandated by the Ministry of Education CAT 4 Assessments are taken at the beginning of each school for
students in Grades 3 and above.

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) is a suite of tests that assesses a students reasoning (thinking) abilities
in key areas that support educational development an academic attainment. CAT 4 consists of the following
aspects:

Verbal Reasoning – thinking with words
• Verbal classification
• Verbal Analogies

Quantitative (or numerical) Reasoning – thinking with numbers
• Number Analogies
• Number Series

Non-Verbal Reasoning – thinking with shapes
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