This is interwoven with daily learning and helps teachers and students discover what the students already know, in order to plan the next stage of learning. Formative assessment and teaching are directly linked; neither can function effectively or purposefully without the other.
This happens at the end of the teaching and learning process. It gives the students opportunities to demonstrate what they have learned.
This is the process of making a judgment about student progress or the effectiveness of a program based on sufficient assessment information. The PYP requires that individual portfolios of student achievement be kept, as an important mechanism for documenting progress. Students aged 10 to 12, in the final year of the program, are expected to participate in a culminating project, the PYP exhibitionExhibition. , whichThis is designed to demonstrate their proficiencies in all areas of the program.
Purposes of Assessment
The purposes of assessment are to promote student learning, to provide information about students learning and to contribute to the evaluation of the effectiveness of the program.