Targeting Student Needs: Working with Dissimilar Learners in Place Value

This chapter presents data from 513 Year 3–6 (ages 8–12) students from two metropolitan Melbourne Primary Schools who completed the paper and pen Place Value Assessment Tool (PVAT). The results highlight the capability of this assessment to identify the spread of knowledge in the ‘big idea’ of place value, and explores how teachers can use this data to make informed and strategic decisions to support all learners to experience success.