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Prep schools vary as to how they assess the children's progress. Almost all, however, give considerable, close attention to assessment. The parents expect this. And for younger children it is important that they be given close and regular assessment as to their work. The classroom teachers provide immediate and daily assessment and reinforcement of hard woek. Here the small class sizes gives the teacher the ability to ficus on individuals to a much greater extent than teachers with large classes. Older children require less immediate reinforcement. But even the older children at prep schools are young enough that a regular program of relatively short-term assessment is valuable. There are also more formal approches to assessment.
Our system of monthly assessment and full reporting on each child's progress in the various subjects maintains a constant discipline within which the children and their parents can measure their progress. Children also keep their own records and write reports at the end of each term on how they have progressed in each subject.
Dean Close Junior School Prospectus
