Task 1: Diagnostic Assessment Interview

Interview questions:
1. What diagnostic assessment has taken place this semester?
Students take a weekly assessment in spelling, phonics, grammar, comprehension and vocabulary.
2. When did this occur?
The spelling tests are every Tuesday and the other tests are every Thursday.
3. What types of assessments were conducted? (Written, oral, practical, etc.)
During the term, students have taken written test, listening, and oral.
4. Who developed these assessments?
The lead teacher of grade 4 develops the assessment.
5. Who conducted the assessments? (classroom teacher, Arabic teacher, classroom
assistant, etc.)
The English teacher conducts the assessment.
6. Were the assessments completed by students individually?
All tests are completed by students individually.
7. What information did you hope to get from the assessments?
The information usually tells us if the student has reached the level, we require or if the student
needs to be retaught the lesson.
8. What decisions did you make based on the assessments?
If the majority of the students failed the test, the teacher will re-teach the lesson and have
another test to check if the students got the grasp of the lesson.
9. How did you group your students? (Same/different academic levels, friendship groups,
similar interests, etc.)
Students are grouped by level - above intermediate and below. Students taking tests have two
sometimes three different version of the same test depending on the level.
10. Do the groups change for different learning subjects/topics?
Sometimes the groups change depending on the given assessment. For example if the student
was strong in vocabulary but weak in writing, the test given to the student will change.
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.

In this day, the teacher take a diagnostic assessment for the students in every
semester, because the diagnostic assessment is important for the students and its
help them to develop in learning. The teacher should know their trends and
abilities. For the future, I prefer to do the diagnostic assessment for the students
at the beginning of every semester. For example, when I was young in primary
school, all my teachers made for us a diagnostic assessment before they start the
lesson. It is effective for students to let them know where level will be are in. 1 11
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