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Assessment program audit toolsFor Authority subjects
Agricultural Science 2013The 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
A minimum of four instruments and a maximum of six instruments from Year 12 only: one extended agricultural
investigation (EAI) assessing all three dimensions
one examination.Evidence of each instrument assessing at least two dimensions with each
Syllabus, p. 27 School assessment program1.
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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
dimension assessed at least three times.
Extended responseResearchMay assess: Knowledge and
understanding Investigation and analysis Evaluation and
communication.
Students collect, select, organise and use information.Conditions: written: 1000–1500 words spoken: 4–5 minutes multimodal: 5–7 minutesSyllabus, pp. 24–25
2.
Extended responseExtended agricultural investigationMay assess: Knowledge and
understanding Investigation and analysis Evaluation and
communication.
Students investigate an open-ended practical research question.Conditions: written: 1000–1500 words spoken: 4–5 minutes multimodal: 5–7 minutesSyllabus, pp. 24–25
3.
Extended responseExtended response to stimulusMay assess: Knowledge and
understanding Investigation and analysis Evaluation and
communication.
Forms: short response extended responseConditions: supervised conditions 1.5–2 hours responses 50–250 words
per response extended 600–800 words
per response
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
Syllabus, p. 26
Post-verification requirements
One other instrument from any of the above instrumentsAssesses all three dimensions.
Syllabus, p. 27
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.
Assessment program audit toolsAgricultural Science 2013
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment AuthorityNovember 2014
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