Principle five
5Watch Them Grow
Assessment is not the exam at the end. It is the quiet, constant noticing that tells you what landed and what didn’t — and lets you help before it’s too late. This is formative assessment, and it is your steering wheel.
Say you ask thirty children to write three greetings. Six write them cleanly, sixteen nearly, eight barely. Now you know exactly what to do next — and which six can help teach the rest.