At St Bernardine's, assessing student learning is an integral part of teaching and learning. Through assessment our teachers identify, gather and interpret information to plan for future learning and improve student engagement, progress, achievement and wellbeing.

Assessment occurs at different levels and serves various purposes.  The key features of our assessment policy are as follows:

• Assessment is ongoing, with a range and balance of evidence complied over time to reflect the depth and breadth of students' learning.
• Is accessible so that each student is provided opportunities to demonstrate the extent of what they know and can do.
• Is evidence-informed, using the Australian Curriculum learning areas achievement standards to make judgments about students' learning.
• Informative of where students are in their learning.​
  
  

Teachers ensure expectations of summative assessment tasks are made clear to students (appropriate to their age and stage), including how they will be assessed against the applicate achievement standard.

Reporting

At St Bernardine's, we believe reporting builds school-parent partnerships to improve student learning. Reporting processes are made clear for parents, so they understand their child's achievement against expected standards, how they are engaging with learning and how they may be able to improve.

We use Seesaw as an online digital portfolio to frequently communicate student learning with parents and carers.  This also provides teachers with a wide range of evidence that teachers can use to plan the next steps in their teaching.

Formal reporting is undertaken at the end Semester 1 and Semester 2.  Parent Teacher Interviews are held during Semester 1 and 2.  It is an expectation that parents attend these meetings as we know that home school collaboration provides the best support for your child.