Assessment in Fairfield

In Fairfield, the assessments are a mix of formative and summative. The formative assessments are used more for checking to ensure if students have understood what was taught in class. Often times, the literature teachers make use of the class's google site and Facebook to generate discussion on a particular topic or get them to reflect on something. These assessments are marked but not used in the collation of marks for the report book.

Each term, they usually have 2 tests which are summative in nature and other modes of assessment (OMA).  For example, this term they are reading To Kill A Mockingbird (the play) for Secondary 2s and will have their tests by week 5. The OMA this term is a film project where students have to choose to film one out of the 3 scenes given to them. This is to allow the students room to explore drama which is usually impossible to do so in class. Furthermore, the Sec 2s only does TKMB for 1 term (shows how little time we have).