General assessment and reporting information
Assessment and Reporting Grid Template
During recent successful workshops on internal assessment for HSC technology subjects, teachers used a proforma Grid to assist development of assessment tasks to assist with analysis and systematic development of tasks. The proforma was found to be very useful and is reproduced here as Word document and PDF documents.
Assessment and Reporting Grid Template (PDF 7KB)
Assessment and Reporting Grid Template (Word 24 kb)
Board Bulletins
Board Bulletins are the official mechanism used to communicate changes and updates to Board procedures and documents such as syllabuses. This link will take you to the Board of Studies web site where you can read and download copies of past and current Bulletins.
Principles for setting HSC examinations in a standards-referenced framework
This link will enable you to download this article which appeared in the 1999 Board Bulletin Volume 8, Number 9.
Principles for developing marking guidelines for the New HSC examinations in a standards-referenced framework
This link will enable you to download this article which appeared in the 2000 Board Bulletin Volume 9, Number 3.
Setting standards for the New HSC
This link will enable you to download this article which appeared in the 2000 Board Bulletin Volume 9, Number 6.
Thoughts about reports (pdf - 124kb)
This article appeared in Curriculum Support for teaching in TAS 7 - 12 2001 (Vol 6, No 1). It is an abridged version of an interview with Peter Lorking, Senior Assessment and Reporting Officer K - 12, School Assessment and reporting Unit, which was first published in HSC Enhancing Learning, issue 7, December 2000.
The New Higher School Certificate Assessment Support Document
This document provides Board of Studies requirements for internal assessment, moving to a standards-referenced approach, developing an assessment program for a standards-referenced approach and designing assessment tasks using the examination and assessment supplement. It also contains a glossary.
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