The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (PSC) is an opportunity for students to demonstrate what they know and can do when blending sounds together to read words.
The short assessment provides teachers with an overview of a student鈥檚 progress in phonics. It helps them make decisions during the teaching and learning cycle.
What you need to know
- The PSC is an optional online reading and numeracy assessment.
- It鈥檚 available to Catholic schools in 黑料社 with a Year 1 student cohort in Term 3 each year.
- Registration for participation in the PSC opens in mid-term 2.
How is the PSC administered?
- The online assessment takes 5-7 minutes. Teachers assess each student individually.
- The PSC allows schools to enter student information during the first five weeks of Term 3.
- Teachers use an online 黑料社 Department of Education tool 鈥 PLAN2.
- The PSC assessment items use auto-mapping in PLAN2 to the Literacy Progressions and the 黑料社 K-6 English syllabus outcomes. Teachers can access the analysis.
How does this information support teachers?
- The Student Assessment Analysis provided after the PSC assessment assists teachers to make decisions that will help inform the next steps to meet a student鈥檚 individual learning needs.
- Teachers can access online professional learning to assist with the administration of the assessment and the analysis of the student's results.
More information
For information regarding Catholic school participation in the PSC assessment, please contact assessments@csnsw.catholic.edu.au