Effective teaching and learning principles guide assessment...
"Responsive
Culturally sustaining - affirming individuality, diversity, progress & achievement;
Informed by learner and parent and whanau voice, balanced formative assessment;"
"Approaches...
Agentic - Mana motuhake - children having the power to question, respond, understand and contribute to their own learning;
Reflective - taking notice, ako / teachers as learners, learners as teachers, evaluative."
"Experienced…
Empowering, challenging, critical, experiential, real, giving to others, active, hands-on;
Well-paced, child-focused, and responsive to the children’s interests and wellbeing."
The document linked on the left guides teachers at St Teresa's through the current assessment, recording and reporting expectations.
“...In a Catholic school it is important that [assessment] strategies reflect the inclusive attitudes and values that underpin the Catholic Character and these become embedded in all the classroom practices, including assessment and evaluation beyond [Religious Education]” (www.faithalive.org.nz/assets/REBD/The-REBD-2018-V2.pdf) .