The ELGs Collecting and collating evidence Making end of Foundation Stage judgements and reporting those judgements Assessment in Reception Baseline Assessment All reception practitioners baseline their class at the beginning of the academic year this helps establish what the children know ID: 556334
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Baseline AssessmentThe ELG’sCollecting and collating evidenceMaking end of Foundation Stage judgements and reporting those judgements
Assessment in ReceptionSlide2
Baseline AssessmentAll reception practitioners baseline their class at the beginning of the academic year, this helps establish what the children know and what their next steps are. Until last year the way teachers did this varied, last year the government introduced 3 standardised Baseline testing providers (this may change again). At Greysbrooke this year we have used the CEM (Centre for Evaluating and Monitoring) baseline test from Durham University and will be using it again next academic year.Slide3
CEM Baseline testingThis baseline test involved me working on a 1-1 basis with the children in Reception working through a variety of tasks in a computer program. The tasks are non – threatening and child friendly and based on the Early Learning Goal outcomes and the development bands that lead up to them. Slide4
How are the results used?The results gained from the baseline along with other evidence collected within those first few weeks gives a clear picture about what each child can do and what they need to do next to reach the expected levels in all 17 Early Learning Goals at the end of the Foundation Stage.
The children are assessed against development bands a typical child starting reception would usually be judged as exceeding in 30-50 months or emerging in 40-60 months depending on the age of the child. By the end of reception typical development is judged as reaching the expected level in the Early Learning Goal.Slide5
The Areas of Learning and Development in EYFSPRIME AREASPersonal, Social and Emotional DevelopmentMaking relationships
Self-confidence and self-awareness
Managing feelings and behaviour
Physical Development
Moving and handling
Health and self-care
Communication and Language
Listening and attentionUnderstandingspeaking
SPECIFIC AREAS
Literacy
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Number
Shape, space and measure
Understanding of the world
People and communities
The World
Technology
Expressive Arts and Design
Exploring Media and Materials
Being ImaginativeSlide6
Assessment in Early YearsFormative AssessmentOn going formative assessment is at the heart of effective early years practise, we complete this by;
Observe
– we look at how the child plays and interacts with the other children and adults in their setting and we make notes that are recorded in their learning journals or on the iPad through the 2buildaprofile app.
Assess
– against the development bands in the development matters booklet judging where the child is and where they need to go next.
Plan
– use our assessments of the children to inform our planning letting us know what we need to do next to move the children on further.
Summative Assessment
At the beginning of their time in reception the children are ‘baselined’ giving us an idea of their starting point against the development bands. We use the CEM baseline tool from Durham University.
At the end of Reception we use the assessments taken throughout the year to make a judgement against the early learning goals, which is then reported to you as parents. There is also an end of year assessment tool from CEM which we will use to help with out judgements.Slide7
These ‘ELG’s’ are where we expect children in Reception to be at the end of the academic year. In our assessment we talk in terms of the child being at the ‘expected level in the ELG’, ‘emerging in the ELG’ or ‘exceeding the ELG’.Below is an example of the reading ELGReading:
children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.
The Early Learning GoalsSlide8
Making Final JudgementsAt the end of Reception it is a statutory requirement to complete an Early Years Profile for each child.A child is judged to make a Good Level of Development if he/she has reached the expected level in all 8 of the prime areas and also in reading, writing, number and shape space and measure.
A judgement is made against all 17 ELGs and is submitted to the LEA. These are then reported to parents in the child’s
school report.