In assessing our primary students, the focus is not only on knowledge but on skills and behaviours at the levels of understanding, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Taking each student’s individual development into account, our core goal is also to bring out skills such as critical and reflective thinking, entrepreneurship, self-management, collaboration and teamwork, creative thinking, communication and research.
At TED Üsküdar College Primary School, process-focused assessment is carried out with suitable tools — rubrics, checklists, rating scales and observation forms — so that projects, portfolios and weekly learning-outcome assessments run smoothly and are reported. Learning outcomes with gaps are identified, individual or group work is done, varied homework is set, and full learning is ensured.
“Readiness” assessments at all levels at the start of each academic year identify which learning outcomes students carry over from the previous grade. The curriculum is adjusted with reference to any gaps found.
From Grade 4, exams planned by TED Headquarters and held simultaneously in all TED Schools allow our students to be assessed not only within the school but across all TED Schools, giving more realistic results.
TED Scholarship Exam
This exam is taken by students from other schools who wish to continue to middle school with us, and by our own students moving from Grade 4 to Grade 5. Results are reported as learning-outcome reports. Successful students must take this exam to benefit from a scholarship each year.
At the end of each term, development reports and outcome-based assessment reports for the whole primary school are shared in detail with parents.