Assessment program audit tool For Authority subjects
Latin 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
Minimum of seven and a maximum of eight instruments demonstrating a variety of techniques over a range of topics, including: three written translations
of continuous passages of Latin into English conducted under supervised conditions, at least one unseen
three reading comprehension tests (one unseen)
one research
Syllabus, p. 37 School assessment program1.
assignment.
Assessment categoriesReading comprehension testsGeneral objectives assessed: Language knowledge and
application Complex reasoning
Instruments require students to read and understand continuous passages of authentic Latin by a variety of authors.Conditions: seen and unseenSyllabus, pp. 28, 37
2.
Written translation testsGeneral objectives assessed: Language knowledge and
application Complex reasoning Communication skills
Instruments must allow students to translate continuous passages of Latin into EnglishConditions: supervised seen and unseenSyllabus, pp. 29, 37
3.
Short response testsGeneral objectives assessed: Language knowledge and
application Communication skills
Syllabus, p. 29 4.
Research assignmentGeneral objectives assessed: Complex reasoning Communication skills
Syllabus, p. 29 5.
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Oral and multimedia presentationsGeneral objectives assessed: Complex reasoning Communication skills
Syllabus, p. 29 6.
7.
Post-verification requirements
One assessment instrument, which may be either a translation or a reading comprehension
Conditions as above, relevant to the technique chosenSyllabus, p. 37
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?
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