A Delectable Education is pleased to offer a brand new resource to guide and direct you through the end of term examination process. A living education full of living ideas cannot be measured by standardized tests directed toward specific measurement of information acquired by a child. There is no ready-made test for each book studied. The goal in a Charlotte Mason education is not assessment for marks and rankings, but a regular means of noting ongoing progress in order to provide a robust program for the student’s continued growth and nourishment.
We have researched the examination process in the P.N.E.U. archives, studied Miss Mason’s purpose for examination, and have gathered the principles together in a planner that will assist you in designing your child’s examinations. This planner encompasses all Forms (I through VI), providing general principles to set your goals and direction as well as examples Form by Form of the types of questions posed to students at each level, and can be used term after term as an indispensable reference.
Developing examination questions requires careful thought in order to ensure the success of each child’s work and to allow the teacher to make a realistic evaluation of the progress being made in their lessons. We encourage you to use this planner as you plan each coming term to help you focus on the kinds of books, activities, and lesson content that will make the most of the living ideas being presented. With the help of this planner, there need be no uncertainty about what your exam week should look like or how to express the questions in each subject.
Additionally, the Exam Planner includes practical advice for how to judge the work your child produces in his exams. This is critical to choosing books for the future and making corrective
adjustments in how you approach daily lessons.
The A Delectable Education Exam Planner:
- Contains a full overview of each Form’s exams, subject by subject
- Includes helpful notes about applying the principles and practices to today’s students as well as specific examples of questions Charlotte Mason and the P.N.E.U. used in their exams
- Offers General Information to guide the teacher in creating and evaluating the child’s term examinations
- Offers links to resources for further reading on the subject of examinations as Charlotte Mason outlined
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Exam Planner
This Exam Planner will help prepare and equip you to create your own term by term examinations using Charlotte Mason’s principles and practices. All six Form levels are included in this Planner.
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This is an amazing resource! I was just about to sit down with the books and written narrations; throw something together and call it an exam- when I saw this post. Perfect timing! Over one snowy Saturday I sat down and created 4 exams like a pro! All thanks to this guide. I can’t wait to present them to the kids! I particularly like how the planner helps you see what ‘level’ of questioning is appropriate to each Form. I am afraid that in the past I have made the same general requests for everyone from Form2 through Form5! Also helpful: the number of questions per subject, suggestions for phrasing and the General Education File (so much information!). In some ways this was more telling as far as particular skills per Form than anything else I have seen. It gave me clues about things to include in the future. It is all amazing! Buy it- you won’t be disappointed!
I just finished putting together 4 exams for our term 2. (Form 1 and Form 2) The ADE Exam Planner has simplified the process for me and allowed me to get it done much faster than before. I really appreciated the inclusion of the varying types of questions to use with the different forms. Thank you for this new resource!
I am wondering if this same tool could be helpful at coming up with thoughtful prompts for written narrations? My kids are middle school and high school and I feel like I would like their written narrations to be more than just “tell back what you read” but I often struggle to come up with a prompt that doesn’t sound like a comprehension question?
Nancy,
I have found exam questions to make excellent prompts for composition lessons, which begin formally at seventh grade. Miss Mason gives suggestions for written narrations, which is a telling back, but children can be asked to write out questions (not with yes or no answers) that could be asked on the passage, outline the headings and have a fellow classmate fill in the content, outline the logic or argument of a passage, etc. Perhaps you can search on her heading (volume III, School Education) “Other Uses of Schoolbooks,” for other similar ideas.
Liz