Teachers to use their judgment, based on a variety of assessment tools as to what level.
All schools must provide a written report twice a year.
For more on assessment it is well worth visiting
http://assessment.tki.org.nz/
Will National Standards fail autistic children?
Here is an interesting video from Prof Hattie University Auckland on the National Standards.
Hattie points out it hasn’t worked anywhere else …. so what can we do to make the difference and be unique internationally?
The video finishes with a plee for teachers to be change agents for the system …. (Thanks to Greg for this).
If the video won't show use this link: http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=328
Another link: http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=328
Prof Hattie talks about not narrowing numeracy and literature but to look beyond to how to engage the students.
