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#15 - Benchmarking Children’s Progress - Part 2
Episode 16
Monday, 17 October, 2022

SUMARY In this Deep Dive episode, the White Rabbit has a follow-up conversation with Jetteke, the team Lead for the Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary groups at Casa. In the second part of this two-part episode, Jetteke explains goes into the details of standardized testing in Upper Elementary, how children are prepared for their transition to secondary school, and recommendations for choosing a high school for your child. TIME STAMPS (00:00) Episode's Introduction (00:34) Setting up the context (01:14) Sharing intermediate IEP test results with parents in UE (02:13) The IEP End Test (03:32) Helping children prepare to go to high school (05:11) Overview of high school groups in NL (06:00) The importance of mixed level classrooms (07:49) What if the test results and the teacher's advice disagree? (10:08) Making the final high school level recommendation: a team effort (12:50) How guides discuss the children's progress as a team (15:12) Making the final high school level recommendation (15:55) How the different subjects add to the final IEP test score (18:01) The importance of helping children develop mental resilience (18:52) Choosing a high school for your child (20:37) Episode Closure (21:26) Season 1 Closure