Assessments

Commitment to the whole child means to be able to each child must be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged in the classroom. As educators engage parents in conversations about supporting the whole child, we may need to do less talking and more listening to make sure that we’re speaking the same language. Teachers and parents should seek ways to strengthen our partnership to ensure each child's success, parents and educators appear to have broad agreement on what we want. Instead of basing student success only on academic achievement or test scores, a whole child education provides additional skills to help students succeed in life and the workforce. Schools are solely responsible for student achievement, to one in which schools, communities, and families work in partnership. Assessment for learning is an essential part of a child’s education as it defines whether or not the objectives of teaching are being met, assessments affects decisions about grades, educational needs of children and in some cases funding.
Assessment for learning is a significant way to raise a pupil’s academic achievement and is centered on the belief that in order for children to progress in school then they must understand the purpose of their learning, where they are in relation to this purpose and how they can achieve their goals. Assessments will help a pupil reflect on their own development which in turn will help them recognize and appreciate their own strengths as well as developing an insight into themselves as students. If a child is given the opportunity to discuss their learning either with a teacher or one of their peers then they will develop a deeper understanding of their learning which can build confidence and motivate them as students. Effective assessment will identify individual educational needs of all children as well as informing them about their specific performances and achievements, this will then allow teachers to utilize approaches that are personalized to the needs of a child. Assessment can be used not only to measure learning but also to promote learning by teaching children how to ask questions as well as answering them.

I wanted to learn about Syria assessment system and learned that parents feel that their children are not being assessed and the teachers are not committed to whole child learning system. Syria is full violence and disarray that children are dropping out of school. Children are assessment in different grade but the wholistic approach is not apparent.

 

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