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Assessment program audit toolFor Authority subjects

Chinese 2008The 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

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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

A minimum of eight instruments demonstrating a variety of techniques over a range of topics, including: two assessment

instruments from each macroskill:- Listening- Reading- Speaking- Writing

at least three macroskills to be assessed in Term 3.

Syllabus, pp. 52–53 School assessment program1.

Each macroskill is assessed: separately under supervised

conditions in communicative contexts.

Assessment categoriesReceptive skills: Listening instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and understanding Reasoning and responding.

Instruments must allow students to produce responses to authentic texts differing in length, purpose and style.Conditions: instructions, questions and

answers in English authentic texts, differing in

length, purpose and style, based on familiar material, clearly articulated and spoken in slower range of

2.

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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

normal background speaker rate of utterance

texts generally heard twice, three times if complex

judicious pauses allowed.Syllabus, p. 42

Reading instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and understanding Reasoning and responding.

Instruments must allow students to produce responses to authentic texts, differing in length, purpose and complexity.Conditions: instructions, questions and

responses in English text length and type to be

appropriate to text type dictionaries not permitted.Syllabus, p. 42

3.

Productive skills:Speaking instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and using

language features Creating and responding.

Instruments must allow students to demonstrate spontaneous language use in realistic situations.Conditions: preparation time is to reflect

text type:- unprepared (unseen)

tasks: up to 10 minutes (no access to reference material)

- prepared tasks: may use visual aids; may not read from a script; questioning to follow

4.

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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

students are not given teacher questions prior to the task

at least one spontaneous task (of a teacher–student performance) must be recorded.

Syllabus, pp. 42–43

Writing instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and using

language features Creating and responding.

Instruments require students to respond to unseen tasks that are set in an authentic social context with a realistic purpose and a specified audience.

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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

Conditions: instructions given in English stimulus material (English

or Chinese) to neither impede nor assist

texts will differ in length, purpose and style

length dependent on text type; at least one extended passage (approx. 300 characters) by the end of Year 12

dictionaries may be used.Syllabus, p. 43

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Post-verification requirements

Minimum one, maximum two assessment instrument/s

Conditions as above, relevant to the skill/s selected.

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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

From macroskill/s of teacher’s choice

All dimensions to be assessed.

Syllabus, pp. 42–43

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 qau@qcaa.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 3864 0375.

Assessment program audit toolChinese 2008

Queensland Curriculum & Assessment AuthorityNovember 2014

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