An extremely accurate measure of prior student attainment from Key Stage 2 Science. The assessment covers all aspects of the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for Science and can inform first teaching to ensure any gaps in knowledge from Key Stage 2 can be addressed leading to more rapid progress.
6 Lesson Baseline Assessment in Drama.
Students are introduced to the subject of Drama and given the choice of 2 scripts to perform. After their baseline assessment, they explore how to create a character and focus on the use of body language, facial expressions, voice and gesture.
Students are then given time to apply what they have learnt to their baseline scripts to re-perform.
Comes with full PowerPoint, SOW and choice of 2 duologue extracts.
This assessment tests students baseline understanding of Geography. It questions description of location, geographical questions, similarities between places and being able to argue their side of a debate with examples
This English language baseline assessment has been designed to work flexibly across both KS3 and KS4. I developed it for my own school in order decide upon the best qualification pathway to place our students on: GCSE English lanaguage or Step Up to English.
I created the assessment grid to match the GCSE 9-1 course.
Files included:
English Language Baseline Assessment for KS3 and KS4.
English Language Baseline Assessment Mark Scheme.
Assessment Marking Grid.
Lesson duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Why purchase me?
I am being used successfully in a pupil referral unit as I am highly engaging. I have been broken down into accessible steps whilst maintaining a high level of challenge. I am especially useful for informing decisions regarding the placement of students onto suitable English qualification pathways.
Suggested general guide to pathways:
less than or equal to 1, consider Step Up to English Silver pathway in order to build graduated steps to achievement.
greater than 1 but less than 2, consider Step Up to English Gold pathway in order to build graduated steps to achievement and prepare for the demands at GCSE level.
greater than 2, consider direct entry onto the GCSE English Language pathway.
KS3 baseline assessment - good introduction to KS3 geography which includes a range of exam questions including map skills, describe and explain questions.
The aim of this test is to find out how much the students know about history.
The results will give you a baseline from which you can build upon. Once they begin to study history, they will begin to show progress in all areas, particularly in the amount of detail required in answers.
The test focuses on chronology, cause and consequence, change and continuity, historical enquiry, interpretation and significance.
This is a particularly useful assessment for a history department and as a starting point and ideally for Year 7.
Most students sadly will not have studied a lot of history at their primary schools (apart from the odd day to study the Victorians or World War 2) as literary, numeracy and SATS still dominate primary school curriculum planning.
The resource comes in Word and PowerPoint formats which can be amended and changed to suit.
I've revised and updated my baseline test to include measuring across the four main attainment areas of Making Skills, Ideas, Knowledge and Evaluation. My test takes only one lesson to complete plus one homework task and marking is done in the lesson itself. I've used this test for years and I know it works well.
I was a member of the NSEAD Curriculum Writing Group that wrote the curriculum competencies, more formally called the: 'Framework for Progression, Planning for Learning, Assessment, Recording and Reporting 2014.’
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A SoW for a robust and accurate baseline assessment of yr7 students. In a 4 week rotation students are assessed in listening skills, keyboard skills, rhythmic skills, singing skills and self evaluation skills. It comes with in depth powerpoint, SoW, sheet music (sibelius format), self evaluation sheet, assessment sheet and music questionnaire.
This baseline assessment can be used for year 7 at any point during the school year. Could be a useful tool for differentiation at the start of the year, or even as a summative or formative assessment part way through the year.
This assessment covers the following areas which are commonly taught within the curriculum in year 7, but could be adapted for a more bespoke assessment:
Basic Skills - formal elements;
Colour theory - knowledge and key words;
Space and shape - problem solving and imagination;
African Art - comprehension, colour and pattern;
Surrealism - proportion, shape and observation.
This paper can be marked by the teacher and used to plan and sequence future lessons on basic skills.
The resource can be used by PE staff in KS2, KS3 and KS4. The resource identifies the key components of fitness that pupils should be measured and assessed on at the beginning and throughout the school year. A full explanation of the aims, method and an example scoresheet is given to help you construct your own tests that you can use to assess your pupils. I have used this method successfully for a number of years and using the tests not only promote exciting competition between pupils but give teachers a great insight into the areas that pupils are thriving in and what they need to improve on. You will definitely find this resource extremely useful and will use it regularly as a source of gathering assessment data quickly and effectively.
This resource contains 2 baseline assessments and two mark schemes for history transition from year 6-7. The first test examines knowledge and understanding, and tests students on their knowledge of historical methods and the Second World War (KS2 topic). It is fully differentiated and examines recall and key second order concept understanding.
The second assessment is a skills assessment which evaluates students’ ability to use source materials. They are required to demonstrate key skills such as making inferences; comparing sources; assessing reliability. There are a wide range of written; pictoral and photographic evidence to evaluate on the papers testing all of their skills as well as written sources.
They are accompanied with mark schemes and guidance on performance.
I use these tests to inform planning and differentiation for the year.
GCSE Baseline Assessment - Drawing with pencil and coloured pencil.
This assessment is helpful when getting to know your class and seeing where their interests and skills lie.
Enhance your teaching with the Analytical Baseline Assessment, a comprehensive tool designed to help you identify and address the unique needs of your class. By engaging students in image analysis, testing their observational skills, and evaluating their ability to analyse artists’ work, this assessment provides valuable insights to support effective teaching. There are two versions included to cater to different abilities (including SEND).
A great summative MULTIPLE CHOICE test to enable teachers to assess pupils prior knowledge of key geographical skills.
The mark scheme can be adapted to suit but uses a scaled marking approach where a correct answer is worth +2 marks but an incorrect is -1 and unable to attempt is 0. This reduces the pupils chance to guess the correct answer.
Can also be embedded into a school Moodle and/or Classroom platform easily for instant marking and feedback.
This is a very episodic scheme that I am currently using with Year 7 to introduce them to Drama and some of the basic skills needed to progress.
It is still a work in progress but hopefully it comes as some use to some of you!