Assessment and reporting
The Curriculum Programming and Planning, Assessing and Reporting K-12 policy contains policy statement and policy standards for DET schools.
A resource for schools Consistent teacher judgement in action reflects the Curriculum Programming and Planning, Assessing and Reporting K-12 policy and aims to help establish the understandings necessary to ensure that consistent teacher judgements about student achievement can occur across all key learning areas.
What is consistency?
Consistency in relation to assessment occurs when teachers are able to make judgements about student learning that are not dependent on the individual teacher, student, location or time and are based on a shared understanding of syllabus standards of learning.
Establishing procedures and structures to provide sufficient time on a regular basis for teacher discussion about teaching, learning and assessment is the key to enhancing consistency.
Consistency of teacher judgement in technology subjects 7-12: PowerPoint presentation for teacher professional learning about achieving consistency of teacher judgement in technology subjects 7-12.
What is moderation?
Moderation is a process where teachers compare judgements to either confirm or adjust them.
The process involves close collaboration to establish a shared understanding of what achievement of syllabus standards looks like and whether or not the student has demonstrated achievement of the syllabus standard. Teachers work towards making judgements that are consistent and comparable.
Consistency of moderation: PowerPoint presentation for teacher professional learning about achieving consistency of teacher judgement in technology subjects 7-12.
What is assessment?
Assessment is the process of identifying, gathering and interpreting information about students' learning. The central purpose of assessment is to provide information on student achievement and progress and set the direction for ongoing teaching and learning.
Schools are to undertake assessment to collect information about students’ learning. This will occur through both formal and informal activities.
Consistency of assessment in technology subjects 7-12: PowerPoint presentation for teacher professional learning about consistency in assessment in technology subjects 7-12.
The Assessment for Learning web site has been developed by Curriculum Corporation on behalf of the education departments of the States, Territories and Commonwealth of Australia.
The web site provides links to assessment tasks, professional development and research. For each assessment task, the following details are provided:
- its relevance to state or territory curriculum statements
- necessary prior learning
- a series of scaffolding activities for establishing the context within which the task can be undertaken
- resources for students and teachers to assist in the completion of the task
- assessment rubrics for both teachers and students
- annotated worksamples
- suggested follow-up teaching and learning activities.
There are two assessment tasks specifically developed for NSW on idea generation and evaluation.
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