EDUCATION —
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS
312. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I
refer to one-on-one student assessments conducted in government schools. Will
the minister table a list and provide a brief explanation of other
formal assessments, in addition to the on-entry assessment, that are conducted
to assess students' skills and their
understanding of oral language, reading, writing and numeracy in the following
school years: kindergarten, pre-primary, and years 1 and 2?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The mandated literacy and numeracy
assessments in Western Australian schools are on entry in pre-primary and then NAPLAN in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. There are
other assessments teachers choose to use to monitor student progress and
ensure timely interventions when students are not achieving at the expected
level. For example, progressive achievements tests, Brightpath, letters and
sounds screening, and Westwood mental assessment. I am unable to provide a comprehensive
list of every assessment available to teachers.
The honourable member and I had a conversation
behind the chair. If the member requests further information, I am happy to
have another conversation with her.