1. What diagnostic assessment has taken place this semester? Students take a weekly assessment
in spelling, phonics, grammar, comprehension and vocabulary.
2. When did this occur? The spelling tests are every Tuesday and the other tests are every
Thursday.
3. What types of assessments were conducted? (written, oral, practical, etc.) During the term
students have taken written test, listening and oral.
4. Who developed these assessments? The lead teacher of grade 4 develop the assessment.
5. Who conducted the assessments? (classroom teacher, Arabic teacher, classroom assistant, etc.)
The English teacher conducts the assessment.
6. Were the assessments completed by students individually? All tests are completed by students
individually.
7. What information did you hope to get from the assessments? The information usually tells us if
the students has reached the level we require or if the student needs to be retaught the lesson.
8. What decisions did you make based on the assessments? If the majority of the students failed,
the test the teacher will re-teach the lesson and have another test to check if the students got
the grasp of the lesson.
9. How did you group your students? (same/different academic levels, friendship groups, similar
interests, etc.) Students are grouped by level- above-intermediate and below. Students taking
tests have two sometimes three different version of the same test depending on the level.
10. Do the groups change for different learning subjects/topics? Sometimes the groups change
depending on the given assessment. For example, if the student was strong in vocabulary but
weak in writing the test given to the student will change.