SEA

The School Entry Assessments are administered by the classroom teachers as soon as possible after the students first 4 weeks at school. The sample above are the students who enrolled from February 2012 until October 2012. One whole class had not completed the assessments at the time of data gathering because the class only started in term 4.

Every year the results are fairly similar with fluctuations according to the particular cohort of students. The 2011 intake results were quite low, scoring well below the National Mean with 6 Year Observational Survey results showing the trend. This year the intake are achieving slightly higher which shows up in the end of year testing where a significant number more than usual are reading above the usual level for that time at school. It will be interesting to see the Observational Survey results from this years intake when they are tested in 2013.

Word Recognition is an area of strength with the Pt England Mean being slightly higher than the National Average.

Oral Language skills have a huge impact on the progress and achievement of the students. The average New Zealand child, according to the research done by Dame Marie Clay when creating the R. O. L., should be achieving well within Level 2 upon enrollment as a New Entrant. As clearly seen above the results of the assessment are well below the expected level with all but 1 child out of the 53 tested in Level 1 part 1. The reason for the low scoring is the number of students with ESOL backgrounds and other children with poor language development. This is a major area for focus for all classroom teachers.