Task 1: Diagnostic Assessment Interview

• For this task, you will need to arrange to interview your MST at a time convenient to her.
The focus of this task is to understand:
- what diagnostic assessment has taken place this school year in your class,
- who developed the diagnostic assessment (teachers, school management, ADEC/MOE,
etc.),
- how the diagnostic assessment was carried out,
- what the purpose of that diagnostic assessment was/is, and
- what decisions the teacher made as a result of the diagnostic assessment.
• You need to prepare a minimum of 10 questions prior to the interview. You may add
additional questions during the interview based on your teachers responses, i.e. to clarify
answers or garner further information.

• You will need to record your teacher’s responses – use the strategy that works best for you.
If you are using a voice recording device, you MUST inform your MST.

• The interview must be typed and included in your Portfolio.

• You may develop your own questions specific to your context, however the following may
give you some ideas.

Example Interview Questions

1. What diagnostic assessment has taken place this semester?
• English and math diagnostic assessment.
2. When did this occur?
• It was held in the term 1.
3. What types of assessments were conducted? (written, oral, practical, etc.)
• Math (written), English (4 skills reading, writing, speaking and listening)
4. Who developed these assessments?
• Supervisors.
5. Who conducted the assessments? (classroom teacher, Arabic teacher, classroom
assistant, etc.)
• Subject teacher.
6. Were the assessments completed by students individually?
• Yes, it’s done by the students individually.
7. What information did you hope to get from the assessments?
• The different level of the students.
8. What decisions did you make based on the assessments?
• Who are the support (low learners), extended students and average students.
9. How did you group your students? (same/different academic levels, friendship groups,
similar interests, etc.)
• I grouped them according to their levels.
10. Do the groups change for different learning subjects/topics?
• Yes, they do change according to different learning subjects.
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11. What kind of assessment is this?
• It’s a formative assessment in which students write about their prior knowledge.
12. Why do you different Emiratis from other students?
• Emiratis were given extra attention as this is the notional agenda priority

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.

• First, if I will make the diagnostic assessment for the students in UAE primary
classrooms, I will make for the English subject to know their level of student’s learning in
the four skills. Then, divide the students to put the same levels in same groups. So, this
will help the teacher to focus in each student’s learning and know more about their
level. Also, will help the students to learn things related to their level which will be easy
to them to understand.