ABLES Assessment Tool Support Materials

About the ABLES Assessment Tool

The assessments have been designed to describe skills and abilities that teachers can observe in everyday school and classroom contexts and interactions with students. It is therefore not necessary for teachers to test students prior to completing the online assessments, nor do students participate directly in the assessment. The assessments are in the form of an observational survey that take approximately 20 minutes for teachers to complete for each student.

Teachers can apply the assessment tool to identify their students’ readiness to learn across the seven learning domains:

• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Digital Literacy
• English – Speaking and Listening
• English – Reading and Writing
• Mathematics
• Movement and Physical Activity
• Personal and Social Capability
  
  
  Note: Personal and Social Capability, Self Awareness: Self is specifically for students on the autism spectrum

Student achievement in each domain will guide the teacher to the appropriate curriculum level and teaching and learning strategies that could be used to develop an individual education plan.

The ABLES assessment tool is available online for teachers via the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website. This links teachers directly to the secure assessment tool, which is accessed by teachers using their individual log-in details (read the User Guide).  Refer to: Getting Started with ABLEWA.