In the first of a series of features on different subjects with 'cut out and photocopy' guides for parents, Patricia Slatcher sizes up Baseline Assessment It looks like the thumbs-up for Baseline Assessment.
Two years since its introduction, the general view is that the scheme has been integrated smoothly into school practice and is achieving at least one of its main aims - providing a useful tool in planning for children's learning needs.
Dual aim Baseline Assessment requires all reception school children to be assessed for their abilities in basic literacy, numeracy and social development, within their first half-term. It is not a 'test' for the children to pass or fail; the results are meant to be used to plan individual teaching more effectively, and to be a marker from which the child's progress can be measured as they move up through the school.
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