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Assessment

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Assessment is the ongoing processof gathering, analysing and

reflecting on evidence to make

informed and consistent judgementsto improve future student learning.

What is assessment ?

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Assessment fo rlearningoccurs when

teachers use inferences about student

progress to inform their teaching. (formative)

Assessment aslearningoccurs whenstudents reflect on and monitor their progress

to inform their future learning goals.

(formative)

Assessment oflearningoccurs when

teachers use evidence of student learning to

make judgements on student achievement

against goals and standards. (summative)

Three main purposes for assessment

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Assessment fo rlearning:

establishes a classroom culture that encouragesinteraction and the use of assessment tools

occurs throughout a learning sequence and is planned

when teachers design teaching and learning activities

involves teachers sharing learning intentions and

explicit assessment criteria with students

involves teachers and students setting and monitoring

student progress against learning goals

requires teachers to ascertain students' prior

knowledge, perceptions and misconceptions

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Assessment fo rlearning:

involves teachers focusing on how students learn and

how to scaffold their learning

involves teachers adapting teaching practice to meetstudent needs

provides sensitive and constructive feedback to

students on their performance

involves teachers making formative use of summative

assessment

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Assessment aslearning:

involves students monitoring their learning and using

feedback from this monitoring to make adjustments

and changes to their skills and understandings

establishes students role and responsibility in relation

to their learning and assessment

empowers students to consider strategies for learning

and taking action

involves students in self-assessment and peer-

assessment

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Assessment aslearning:

promotes students self-esteem and self-confidence

through an understanding of how they learn to learn

develops students capacity to reflect on the learningand to contribute to their future learning goals

enhances students life-long learning skills

emphasises the process of learning as it is experiencedby the student

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Assessment o flearning:

enables students to demonstrate what they know and

can do

describes the extent to which a student has achieved

the learning goals

uses teacher judgements about student achievement

at a point in time

is supported by examples or evidence of student

learning

ensures consistent teacher judgements through

moderation processes

is used to plan future learning goals.

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Questions for future consideration Do our assessment practices make use of all three

main purposes for assessment?

Do our assessment processes allow for a balance of

assessment fo r, asand o flearning?

How can assessment fo rand aslearning (formative)

assist students when it comes to assessment of

learning (summative)?

What processes could our school use to align its

assessment processes to the assessment advice

provided by the Department?