IB Resources:
Once a semester, students in Years 3-10 complete the NWEA MAP Growth Assessments in three areas: Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics.
Learn more about these assessments here:
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MAP Growth tests are unique in that they adapt to your child’s level of learning. If your child answers a question correctly, the next question is more challenging. If they answer incorrectly, the next one is easier. This results in a detailed picture of what your child knows and is ready to learn.
Since MAP Growth tests provide immediate and accurate information about your child’s learning, they provide useful data for teachers to identify students with similar scores that are ready for instruction in similar skills and topics, and then plan instruction accordingly.
How do we use the results of MAP Growth testing?
| Students… | Results help students with goal setting, setting targets for themselves in preparation for the next testing session. These tests are another way for students to think about their learning and help to motivate achievement. | |
| Teachers… | Access a skill-by-skill overview of where the student is strongest and where they are in need of support. Allows for further extension where students are excelling and reteaching where support is necessary. | |
| Admin… | Testing twice yearly over a sequence of years provides leadership data points to inform resourcing and curriculum decisions strategically. | |
| Parents… | Support their child’s learning by receiving quantitative data on core literacy and numeracy skills. Praise and encourage your lifelong learner – these skills take time to build! |
Learn more about MAP Growth: https://www.nwea.org/resource-center/resource/what-is-map-growth/
SchoolPal Guidance
We are pleased to introduce a new online service called “SchoolPal”. It is a platform that ZIS uses to strengthen the connection between home and school .
As a parent , after joining “SchoolPal”, you will be able to
- view your child’s daily schedule on your phone
- request leave from school (report an absence)
- review your child’s attendance record
- receive notifications and news from school.
We hope you will enjoy this enhancement of home-school communication.
The guide for SchoolPal registration is below – it will just take you a few minutes to log-in and you will have an account for your child(ren).
If you have any questions on how to log-in and how to use SchoolPal, please contact the school by calling the office 3315989. Students are welcome to assist parents with the initial set up too!
尊敬的中学部家长，
请允许我邀请您加入“校宝”。这是一个用于加强ZIS的家校联系的新平台。
作为家长，加入”校宝”之后，您将能够
- 用手机查看您孩子的每天课表
- 向学校请假（报告孩子缺勤原因）
- 查看您孩子的出勤记录
- 接收来自学校的通知和最新消息。
我希望您和我们一起加入校宝平台的使用，享受家校沟通体验的提升。
附件中有“校宝”登录的指引，您只需花几分钟就可以登录，并且将会有一个您的孩子的账号可以使用：
如果您对登录和如何使用校宝有疑问，请扫描附件中的二维码加入校宝咨询群，或致电3315989 联系办公室。也可以请学生协助家长进行初始账号的设立。
