Principles of Assessment
Assessment for, as & of
Assessment Strategies
Effective Feedback
Syllabus Outcomes
100
Collection and evaluation of a student’s learning
What is assessment?
100
Referred to as “formative” assessment
What is assessment FOR learning?
100
A variety of activities that meet the needs of all students
What are assessment strategies?
100
Structured and individualised statements that are non-judgemental
What is feedback?
100
These are used as key reference points for decisions about students' progress and achievement.
What are syllabus outcomes?
200
Assessment activities should include some or all of these qualities
What is: valid, reliable, engaging, challenging
200
Self-assessment, peer assessment and reflection are examples of this
What is assessment AS learning?
200
Informal feedback to students during teaching and learning activities
What are teacher observations?
200
Effective feedback should include these three things
What is timely, specific and related to current learning?
200
The Board of Studies has developed new K-10 syllabuses in four KLA's
What are Mathematics, HSIE, Science and English?
300
Monitored over time
What is ongoing assessment?
300
Occurs at defined key points of a unit of work and can be used to rank or grade students
What is assessment OF learning?
300
Students providing feedback to their classmates
What is peer assessment?
300
Feedback should relate directly to this part of the assessment task
What is the marking criteria?
300
Syllabus objectives are derived from these.
What are syllabus outcomes?
400
This type of assessment occurs when students are their own assessors.
What is assessment AS learning
400
Learning activities occur as a result of interaction between students
What are collaborative activities?
400
Drafts or resubmissions by students
What is a form of feedback?
400
In stage 5, teachers should use these to grade
What are course specific descriptors?
500
When students ask questions about their learning they are demonstrating this.
What is assessment AS learning?
500
Providing students with advice on how to improve their assessment task is known as this.
What is supporting students learning?
500
Syllabus outcomes are used by teachers to plan, monitor, assess AND
What is report?
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