Category: Assessment
How to Structure a Three-Year Preschool Programme: Plan Backwards From Six, Build Forwards From Three
Picture a preschool where each year was written by a different person at a different time. The Level 1 plan came from a founding…
24 September 2026Picture-Based Assessment for Pre-Readers: How to Assess Learning Without Depending on Text
A teacher puts four picture cards on the carpet: a sun, an umbrella, a coat and a sandwich. “Which one do we need when…
24 September 2026Constructive Feedback in Preschool Assessment: Moving Beyond “Good Job”
A four-year-old holds up her painting and waits. Her pre-K teacher, halfway through a dispute at the water table, calls over, “Great job!” The…
24 September 2026Using Preschool Assessment Evidence to Plan Next Steps: From “What We Saw” to “What Happens Tomorrow”
By Thursday afternoon, a Pre-K teacher has a folder that looks like good practice. There is a photo of a block tower, three sticky…
24 September 2026Preschool Portfolio Assessment: How to Design Evidence That Shows Development
By March, a teacher has forty photographs of the same four-year-old. Blocks, paint, a sticker sheet, a drawing of her family. The folder is…
24 September 2026Observation-Based Assessment in Preschool: What Should Teachers Actually Look For?
Three children are at the sand tray. One fills a cup and counts each scoop aloud. One pours the same cup back and forth.…
24 September 2026Formative vs Summative Assessment in Early Years: When Does Each Matter?
In March, a four-year-old at the sand tray counts seven shells. She touches each one, loses her place at five, starts again, and gets…
24 September 2026Early Years Assessment Framework: What Should It Actually Include?
At the end of term, an Academic Director opens assessment folders from three Pre-K classrooms. The first holds forty photos and no notes. The…
23 September 2026Picture-Based Assessment for Pre-Readers: How to Assess Learning Without Depending on Text
A teacher puts four picture cards on the carpet: a sun, an umbrella, a coat and a sandwich. “Which one do we need when…