Best Start Kindergarten Assessment
The Best Start Kindergarten Assessment is an optional NSW Department of Education literacy and numeracy assessment for schools. It is one type of assessment designed to identify each student’s literacy and numeracy skills at the beginning of Kindergarten.
The Best Start Kindergarten Assessment is mapped to the Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions. The NSW English and Mathematics syllabuses map to the indicators in the Learning Progressions.
The Best Start Kindergarten Assessment is administered by a teacher with a child one on one, focusing on what that child can do. It is suggested that the assessment be completed within the first five weeks of school.