Task 1: Diagnostic Assessment Interview

Ms,Zoe / 4A
Interview Questions
1. What diagnostic assessment has taken place this semester?
The diagnostic has been in this semester was testing the reading and
writing ability.

2. When did this occur?

It happened in the beginning in the first week of the school, and each
student does it individually in their writing book in the class. And the
story we give it to them, teachers have a checklist to evaluate.

3. What types of assessments were conducted? (written, oral, practical, etc.)

The students passed two different assessments, the first one was about
their reading and how they fluency of reading a paragraph. Then they do
a writing assessment while they write a story and before writing they are
brainstorming of ideas that will include on their story.

4. Who developed these assessments?

The head of the department MS, Maryam, with small group of teachers
from grade four.

5. Who conducted the assessments? (classroom teacher, Arabic teacher,

classroom assistant, etc.)
Each home class teacher tests their class in English lesson before dividing
them based on their level.

6. Were the assessments completed by students individually?

Yes, they do it individually because it is easy to collect their result when
they do it alone, the groups work we do it before starting the lesson and
 let them write in a white paper to brainstorm and writing, what we know
what we want to know what we learned.

7. What information did you hope to get from the assessments?

I hope to get each student ability in those skills, and how they understand
the topic, also their level learns.

8. What decisions did you make based on the assessments?

I divide the students based on their level, and they are four groups, and work
more with the lower level learners, and give them different activities to help
them grow and learn more.
9. How did you group your students? (same/different academic levels,
friendship groups, similar interests, etc.)
The school system is that each levels learner in one class, and I was with the
higher-level students. But that not mean all students are same level, it was like
14 students are the very high level and 13 in the middle. I divide them into 4
groups the higher two and middle two, the higher-level students have giving the
activity without a hint or helping, reverse the lower students their activity
include a helps word and easy.
10.Do the groups change for different learning subjects/topics?
Yes, in math and science are the lower level students in the class they came
from another class, only the English we have the higher students.
After the Task - Reflection
Reflect on the interview and the information gained about diagnostic assessment
from your MST. Consider how/why you would implement diagnostic assessment in
a UAE primary classroom in the future. Explain how this practice will affect
student learning in a primary class.

Teaching is different between government and private schools, so diagnostic

assessment is very important to know the level of the students, and according to
my MST the diagnostic assessment helps teachers and parents to know their
student level, and knows the ability of the student what can they do and says.
What I will do when I will be a teacher first and the first week of semester I will
assist the students to divide them into groups the higher middle and lower level.
In the government schools they not doing the diagnostic assessment so they not
having differentiate and giving all students, the same activities and it is wrong.
Each student has unique learning way.