Progress Reports
“We all progress at different rates and start from different places. Assessing and reporting on your child’s progress – not just their achievement – takes into account their starting point. It helps teachers and kaiako provide your child with the right learning opportunities and support. It also helps you know what progress your child is making and how you can support their learning.” |
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Reporting the Progress and Achievement of Our Students
Celebrating Their Successes and Making a Plan to Achieve Next Steps Click on the Education for Parents link above for more information and examples of what is expected at each level. This week your child will be bringing home a mid-year report. This report includes detailed information about the progress and achievement of your children, as well as next steps for learning. The Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT) is a resource used by schools to support teachers to make consistent decisions about students’ achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics. Rotorua SDA School is a PaCT school and has used PaCT since 2016. Last year we introduced PaCT reports as part of the school reporting cycle. As part of our mid-year reports, we have included a PaCT report for Reading, Writing and Mathematics. The diagram below will help you to read this report and gain an understanding of the curriculum level your child is working at in Reading, Writing and Mathematics. All our Rotorua Central Kahui Ako Schools are using the PaCT Tool. This progress data follows each student as they transition to our Kahui Ako local high schools. |
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1. This symbol (I) shows your child’s current level of achievement. This is also stated in 1a. Some students will have multiple symbols - tracking their progress over time. Some of these marks may be very close together. As part being a PaCT school, Rotorua SDA School has been involved in professional learning around making judgements, and as a result, there were times in previous years that multiple judgements were made. As we have moved through our PaCT journey, our judgements are becoming more robust and there may be some jumps in their level of achievement.
1c. indicates the expected curriculum level for students as they move through their schooling.
1b highlights the scale that is associated with a best-fit curriculum level. When a judgement is made a score is generated - indicating the curriculum level your child is working in.
This blue line shows your child’s current progress and the dotted line predicts where they will be in a year if their progress stays the same. What do you notice about it? Is it going up, down or straight?
If the progress shows a decline, or that your child is not on track, it is a good idea to book a time to meet with your child’s teacher in upcoming parent-teacher interviews and student-led conferences to discuss further strategies to support your child’s learning.
If the progress shows continued improvement and that your child is on track to meet expectations, we can keep doing what we are doing, or make small changes to accelerate progress even more.
This grey band shows how the middle 50% of students in New Zealand are achieving. How do the expectations compare with actual achievement? Where is your child’s achievement in relation to students of their year level across New Zealand? Over time we see that the grey band tends to go lower in relation to the black expected Curriculum level line.
https://curriculumprogresstools.education.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/info_student_progress_report.pdf
Read the reports with your children. Older students will be able to talk about the reports in greater detail, giving examples of what this may look like in the classroom and at home.
Make a plan around how you can help them with their next learning steps and importantly celebrate the achievements and progress they have made.
1c. indicates the expected curriculum level for students as they move through their schooling.
1b highlights the scale that is associated with a best-fit curriculum level. When a judgement is made a score is generated - indicating the curriculum level your child is working in.
This blue line shows your child’s current progress and the dotted line predicts where they will be in a year if their progress stays the same. What do you notice about it? Is it going up, down or straight?
If the progress shows a decline, or that your child is not on track, it is a good idea to book a time to meet with your child’s teacher in upcoming parent-teacher interviews and student-led conferences to discuss further strategies to support your child’s learning.
If the progress shows continued improvement and that your child is on track to meet expectations, we can keep doing what we are doing, or make small changes to accelerate progress even more.
This grey band shows how the middle 50% of students in New Zealand are achieving. How do the expectations compare with actual achievement? Where is your child’s achievement in relation to students of their year level across New Zealand? Over time we see that the grey band tends to go lower in relation to the black expected Curriculum level line.
https://curriculumprogresstools.education.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/info_student_progress_report.pdf
Read the reports with your children. Older students will be able to talk about the reports in greater detail, giving examples of what this may look like in the classroom and at home.
Make a plan around how you can help them with their next learning steps and importantly celebrate the achievements and progress they have made.
Current Achievement
1. These are the aspects that need to be considered to get a comprehensive view of your child in reading, writing, or mathematics.
2. Each aspect is a progression comprising the significant signposts that all students are expected to move past as they develop their expertise. The different sized gaps between the signposts indicate that more learning is needed between some signposts than others.
3. These circles show your child’s current achievement on the aspects. Highlight any aspects which are strengths and any aspects that need more attention.
Click on the Curriculum Progress Tools link below for more information and examples of what is expected at each level.
2. Each aspect is a progression comprising the significant signposts that all students are expected to move past as they develop their expertise. The different sized gaps between the signposts indicate that more learning is needed between some signposts than others.
3. These circles show your child’s current achievement on the aspects. Highlight any aspects which are strengths and any aspects that need more attention.
Click on the Curriculum Progress Tools link below for more information and examples of what is expected at each level.
