This document describes the policy for assessment, evaluation, and reporting for Kindergarten and relates it to the policy for Grades 1 to 12, as set out in Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010). This document is designed as an addendum to Growing Success. The policy outlined in Growing Success û The Kindergarten Addendum will be implemented in Ontario schools starting in September 2016. The assessment, evaluation, and reporting policy for Kindergarten aligns with the content, philosophy, and intent of The Kindergarten Program (2016), a play- and inquiry-based program designed to be developmentally appropriate for young children. Assessment is conducted concurrently with instruction and is an integral part of learning in Kindergarten. Assessment, evaluation, and reporting policy is based on a view of the young child as “competent, capable of complex thinking, curious, and rich in potential” and actively engaged in the assessment process (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2013, p. 7). The policy also recognizes that children enter Kindergarten at different stages of development and with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and that they will also leave Kindergarten demonstrating variations in growth and learning in relation to the expectations.

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