Goodbye baseline assessment, hello profiles. Mary Evans outlines the requirements of the new progress yardstick for reception pupils
This term marks the introduction of the Foundation Stage Profile, which replaces Baseline Assessment in England as the mechanism for assessing children in reception classes.
The new scheme streamlines the 90-odd baseline assessment systems that were used to assess children during their first seven weeks at primary school.
In brief, the new scheme requires reception class staff to observe and assess children throughout the year. They will need to record children's progress either by using their setting's assessment system, so long as this is based on the stepping stones and early learning goals, or by completing a 'Foundation Stage Profile' (a 12-page booklet) for each child by ticking the developmental markers that a child has reached at the end of each term and adding any comments. If they use the profile booklet, this can replace the written report at the end of the reception year.
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