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Assessment program audit tool For Authority subjects
Technology Studies 2007The purpose of this audit tool is to enable schools to compare the requirements of their assessment program with the minimum assessment requirements of the syllabus, and to subsequently consider possible amendments to their school work program.
Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus — e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
Refer to syllabus verification and post-verification requirements
Refer to the syllabus assessment section
Refer to the school’s approved work program
Refer to the school’s approved work program
How does the school’s assessment program differ from syllabus requirements?
Verification requirements
Minimum of four instruments and a maximum of five instruments demonstrating a range of techniques, including: one design folio one design realisation,
which includes photographic evidence of practical work and the student’s logbook of production
one project appraisalNote: These three assessment instruments
Syllabus, p. 30 School assessment program1.
must be from the same design project one investigative analysis
(extended written).
Assessment categoriesProject proposal and developmentMay assess: Knowledge and
application Reasoning processes.
Conditions: maximum 2000 wordsSyllabus, pp. 23–24
2.
Project (design) realisationMay assess: Knowledge and
application Reasoning processes Production.
Instruments must allow students to produce the product, prototype, model, jig or aid.
Conditions: must result in a three-
dimensional product, , prototype or model that uses one or more materials.
Syllabus, p. 24
3.
Project appraisalMay assess: Knowledge and
application Reasoning processes.
Instruments must allow students to analyse and evaluate the project, including recommendations for improvements and modifications.
Conditions: maximum 600 words.Syllabus, pp. 24–25
4.
Post-verification requirements
One additional design project
Syllabus, p. 30
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May assess: Knowledge and
application Reasoning processes Production.
Summary Where the school’s assessment plan differs from the minimum syllabus requirements, consider:
are these choices the most effective way to gather information about student learning?
what is the rationale behind these school decisions?
what changes could be made to the school’s work program?
More informationPlease email [email protected] or phone (07) 3864 0375.
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