The college Jules Verne Cagnes experimenting classes without … – Nice-Matin

Students in 6th and 5th are experimenting with “competency assessment” (EPC) initiated at this for the third consecutive year

Lauryne Elies and come to resume classes in college Jules Verne. In no particular stress: both grade five study without notes. Their school experiences for three years now, “the evaluation skill” (EPC)

On their copy, no red numbers but pellets of different colors. “Red, c ‘ is unearned; yellow being acquired, there is also orange, blue, green and expert “, says Elies.

” It is less scary and it’s clear to us “ says Lauryne. “It is better in the group. And it is more rewarding, “ says Elies.

Their class has been one of the first to know the EPC in sixth. This year, two classes of 6th and 5th grade are continuing to experience, or 77 students.

A pilot

Jules Verne-part Colleges voluntary Academy and enrolled in PASIE device (Academic Centre Support inovation and experimentation) to test this method of assessment.

Fifteen teachers, led by Helen Lavezac, SVT teacher and project leader, involved in this experiment. “The idea is to assess students on the basis of the common core skills – currently rebuilding – without using encrypted data but by using a panel of acquisition degrees. This formula enhances the student’s ability to acquire knowledge. It emphasizes its “highlights” and emphasizes its potential for progress “, provides the teacher .

” and it offers a more refined and detailed view of student profile as skill areas based on the acquired or providing an accurate diagnosis for remediation “ says Gilles Genot, principal of the institution.

Even though they had to resume the evaluation grid, rethink how to test the knowledge, teachers feel positive experiment. “A note says nothing about what to do to progress, it is a performance at a time T. With the EPC, however, students do not realize they progress” , says Helen Lavezac.

“They can identify, work, strengthen, confirm their skills and move forward” , provides the principal. “Children are no longer obsessed with the note”, “they realize that the expertise is as important as knowledge …”

As for the parents, s’ they appeared somewhat disoriented at first, “because the note remains the standard” , they are now “reassured” . “ G was debated but ultimately, the value of each child is recognized as in other classes,” , slides Gilles Génot pounding This innovative experiment aimed at ‘success and well-being of students “.