- Tests are administered when children are ready. The teachers personally prepare and review them.
- There is a balance of written, oral and practical tests presented to the child.
- Test-taking skills are developed to prepare the children for traditional schools.
- Many practical and written tests are given unannounced to train the child to be ready for tests in real life. The teacher dispenses tests upon a series of observations and discernment that the child is ready.
- Tests are more of critical-thinking in nature. Concepts are remembered because children understand them and have had enough time to practice them. They are not normally memorized.
- Grade cards are usually released at the end of the year although they are prepared at the end of the first and second semester.
- Children are given a chance to re-take certain tests if it is deemed that they need more time to absorb and understand concepts
- The Grade Card reports both numerical and descriptive progress of the child.
- An extensive EQ Rate sheet is filled up by parents and teachers to assess the child’s emotional health
- Goals are set at the beginning of the year and reviewed at the end of the year to monitor and evaluate a child’s progress
- Emphasis is given more on mastery of concepts through understanding rather than grade acquisition. Children develop the self-motivation to master concepts and skills.
- In the true Montessori sense, grades and tests are not practiced. Preppi School issues grade cards (as required by the DepED and entry to big schools) and exercises the children to develop test-taking skills to prepare them for the big schools.
