Do you know how your pupils feel about themselves and school?
The GL Assessment PASS is a great tool for achieving this.*
The GL Assessment PASS is a great tool for achieving this.*
Every pupil undertakes the assessment. They complete it online and the
results are compiled and returned. It has built into it ways to identify
pupils not taking the test seriously and these can be followed up. It
shows you who's happiest (on the test) and who is not. This is by
overall and by categories. There are surprises at both ends.
Those children who come out at the 'bottom' can be supported further. Those who you're surprised to see at the 'top' can be looked at again. And how about those in the middle? How does PASS compare to attainment? What happens as pupils pass through the school? There's so much to gain from it.
PASS is great, but costs. Of course, you could try making your own surveys in Google Forms.
Overall, we need to gain pupils perceptions of themselves and the school. It's so important. Just find a way to get the information and act on it!
Those children who come out at the 'bottom' can be supported further. Those who you're surprised to see at the 'top' can be looked at again. And how about those in the middle? How does PASS compare to attainment? What happens as pupils pass through the school? There's so much to gain from it.
PASS is great, but costs. Of course, you could try making your own surveys in Google Forms.
Overall, we need to gain pupils perceptions of themselves and the school. It's so important. Just find a way to get the information and act on it!
*We have not been asked or paid by GL Assessment to write this post. We do use GL Assessments at our school. This is, as always, the view and opinion of two full-time assistant heads about something we use in the classroom.
