Testing for Intelligence

 

                                                      Testing for Intelligence

Progressive educators are concerned with helping children become not only good learners but also good people.  Assessment allow teachers and parent  to get an idea of where children are socially, and academically and allow them to be placed in classes where they can reach their full potential.  When considering a commitment to viewing young children holistically, we should consider a child’s physical health.    A child’s physical well-being plays a major role in a child’s ability to learn.   In order for a child to become and remain physically healthy, they require the basics such as food, shelter, sleep, exercise, immunizations, and a healthy living environment.   Children should be encouraged to play and interact with other children.  Children should be praised and encouraged because when they receive attention, it builds their self-confidence and self-esteem.  A child’s physical well-being is actually a cornerstone for all components of school readiness.  Children’s physical well-being frames their learning to opportunities and will either expand them or limit them.  A child’s physical well-being can also affect the ability actively engage physically in the intended or unintended learning opportunities.  Many other parts of the world are much like ours.  In Jerusalem children are assessed at the end of key stages.  Schools in Jerusalem use standardized test just as we do in the United States.  At the end of stage 1 they will be assessed by their teacher, end of stage 2 they will be assessed through national tests, end of state 3 will assessed by their teacher in all subjects, and the end of stage 4 is their actual overall results which are published at they complete 11^th grade.  Not all children do well in standardized testing environments, therefore observations and work samples should be done in order to make sure that students are placed in appropriate classes.