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Diagnostic Assessment – Knowledge
Date Assessed:
Name:
Class:
Forward Number Word Sequence
Stage 0 – Emergent
FNWS
Early*
Task
Task 1
Stage 1 – FNWS up
to 10
Early *
Stage 2 –
FNWS up to 10 and
number words after
Early*/**
Action
“Start counting from 1. I will tell you when to stop.”
Stage 3 –
FNWS up to 20 and
number words after
Early **/***
Materials
None
Stop at 32, or where child stops if before.
Task 2
“We are going to say the next number after now. The
next number after 2 is 3, so if I say 2 you would say 3.
What is the next number after….?”
5
Task 3
13
19
12
15
“ What is the next number after….?”
29
Task 4
9
46
58
69
80
549 999
669 999 989 999
2389
None
99
What is the next number after….?”
209
None
3049 45 679
None
Stage 4 –
FNWS up to 100 and
number words after
First *
Stage 5 –
FNWS up to 1000
and number words
after
First **/***
Decision
Can they count to 10?
 No - rate as Stage 0
 Yes – take a note of where
they can count to, and
continue to Task 2
Can they give the next number after
for numbers up to 20?
 No – rate as Stage 1
 No, but can to 10 - rate as
Stage 2
 Yes – continue to Task 3
Can they give the next number for
numbers up to 100?
 No – rate as Stage 3
 Yes – continue to Task 4
Can they give the next number for
numbers up to 1000? Rate as Stage 5
 No – rate as Stage 4
Can they give the next number for
numbers up to 1 000 000?
 No – rate as Stage 5
 Yes - rate as Stage 6
Stage 6 – FNWS up
to 1 000 000 and
number words after
Second */**/***
Response/Comments
Note: Knowledge questions need to be answered with instant recall and certainty to be given as correct. If in doubt of security of knowledge do not give
that stage. Watch out for “dropping back”, in number before/after tasks – where a child has to “drop back” to 1 and count up to get the right answer. Do
not assess as correct if a child does this, but would be useful to note this in the Comments section.