IB PYP Assessment

1. Purpose

1.1. Pre-assess students's previous knowledge before teaching

1.2. Monitor students' achievement during teaching

1.3. Post-assess students' progress and provide feedback after teaching (main objective of PYP assessment)

1.4. Placement

2. Component

2.1. Assessing

2.1.1. Summative

2.1.2. Formative

2.2. Recording

2.2.1. Strategies

2.2.1.1. Observation

2.2.1.2. performance-assessment

2.2.1.3. Process-focused assessments

2.2.1.4. selected responses

2.2.1.5. Open-ended tasks

2.2.2. Tools

2.2.2.1. Rubrics

2.2.2.2. Exemplars

2.2.2.3. Checklists

2.2.2.4. Anecdotal records

2.2.2.5. Continuums

2.3. Reporting

2.3.1. Conferences

2.3.1.1. Teacher-student

2.3.1.2. Teacher-parent(s)

2.3.1.3. Student-led

2.3.1.4. Three-way

2.3.2. The written report

3. The Exhibition (final year of the PYP): "an opportunity for students to exhibit the attribute the attributes of the learner profile that have been developing throughout their engagement with the PYP." (MPYPH p.53)