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Assessment as basis for planning further activities

The learners’ level and knowledge should not be assessed only for issuing grades. The
primary goal of assessment is to establish a basis for informed planning of teacher’s further

activities. Secondly, to give feedback and recommendations for future development

activities to children and parents in the most supportive and motivating manner as possible.

Adults observe children and get an idea what children’s literacy-related skills are, which
activities and games they find interesting, and which topics and how they want to continue

working with these. For this kind of observation to be successful, the classroom needs a
situation where children have freedom to engage in literacy and make choices. Research

has shown that such a child-centred arrangement of learning is beneficial to the children’s

development and academic progress, especially in classes with higher academic
achievements.