S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule

12/10/2025 26 min Temporada 6 Episodio 17
S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule

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This episode helps schools cut bloated assessment schedules by focusing on two essential questions:1. Who is at risk?2. What skills lead to success?Key Principles:Not every assessment needs one-on-one administrationAssessments must inform instruction, not just generate dataQuestion whether testing time is more valuable than teaching timeAvoid decodable text level assessments that reinforce outdated levellingThe bottom line: Only assess what directly improves student outcomes. Everything else is noise.Has something in this episode resonated with you? Get in touch! Are your students good readers, but poor spellers? If so, you are not alone. Spelling Success in Action addresses phonics, orthography, and morphology to give students a well-rounded understanding of how our language system works. Find out how you can help your students move beyond guessing and memorisation at https://www.jocelynseamereducation.com/spelling2 Quick LinksJocelyn Seamer Education HomepageThe Resource RoomYoutube channelFacebook Page#jocelynseamereducation #literacy #bestpractice #earlyprimaryyears #primaryschool #primaryschools #primaryschoolteacher #earlyyearseducation #earlyyearseducator #structuredliteracy #scienceofreading #classroom #learning #learningisfun #studentsuccess #studentsupport #teacherlife #theresourceroom #theevergreenteacher #upperprimary #upperprimaryteacher #thestructuredliteracypodcast #phoneme #grapheme #phonics #syntheticphonics

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