Types of Assessments Among School-Aged Children

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Types of assessments among school-aged children
School age children include children between the age of 6 to 12 years who are ready for
more independence. However, this children lack awareness about making good choices and
struggle with many logical thoughts. Different types of physical assessments that can be
completed in school age children which includes observation method, developing portfolios,
integrating parents in assessment and using role play to conduct assessment. The main role of
child observation is to observe and record important facets of development in the child and give
scores to the child based on different domains. In addition, portfolios play a role in promoting
physical collection of student’s work to assess their learning and developmental progress (Black
et al., 2017). For each of the assessment methods, the content of the activities will be modified
by matching child’s age with developmental stages in each areas such as cognitive, psychosocial
and moral development.
Developmental stage of a child:
The child to be assessed is a 6 years old child and the child is at middle childhood
developmental stage. Specific developmental stage is a period when behaviours and experiences
are common for children of that age group. A six year child comes under the stage of three-seven
year old, which is a period of high creativity. Children at this stage needs to distinguish between
what is real and what is imaginary. Children in this stage have different form of physical
development, emotional, social and cognitive development. Hence, it is necessary to evaluate the
developmental progress and needs of the child at this stage.
Development assessment of the child