link-up 2006 session 2
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Link-up 2006 Session 2. What QCAR assesses. The role of QCAR. Specify what learning is essential Determine standards for learning Support assessment in schools Improve consistency of teacher judgment Establish a reporting framework. QCAR Framework. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Link-up 2006Session 2
What QCAR assesses
The role of QCAR
• Specify what learning is essential
• Determine standards for learning
• Support assessment in schools
• Improve consistency of teacher judgment
• Establish a reporting framework
Provides products that schools can use in:
• aligning what is taught, assessed and
reported
• building assessment capability
• supporting student learning
QCAR Framework
Alignment
Alignment refers to how well the elements of curriculum assessment and reporting work
together to promote improved student learning
Alignment
• In QCAR, four organisers bring the key elements together:– All KLAs– All junctures– Everyday assessment– Statewide assessment
We assess what we value
• Solving problems• Thinking critically• Applying new skills and techniques• Having the personal skills needed to
communicate and live alongside others• Being able to imagine and assess alternative
futures(Brown and Lander, 2004)
Queensland Essential Learnings identify knowledge, skills, attributes and capabilities in three broad categories:
• Creative and successful knowledge workers• Fully participating citizens in social and political
life• Identity and self-management as individuals.
They specify what is important for all students to know and do by the end of Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.
4 Organisers
• Knowing and Understanding
• Inquiring
• Responding
• Reflecting
Captures the disciplinary knowledges within the key learning areas
Describes ways of working through:
• inquiring
• responding
• reflecting
Statement that: describes the focus for
learning describes what students are
expected to know and be able to do at specified junctures
Alignment
Four organisers of the Essential Learnings and Standards
are directly aligned with
four criteria for the Statewide Assessment
Standards are the unifying device for the Essential Learnings and Assessment
Standards
Standards help teachers to:
• inform students about the desirable features of a performance
• match evidence in student work to
standards descriptors.
QCAR Assessment
Assessment that:• focuses on supporting learning rather than
sorting and selecting• reflects models of learning• is aligned with curriculum intent• is authentic and engaging for students• Is rigorous and challenging• is inclusive and fair• is valid and reliable
We assess what we value.
QCAR AssessmentKnowing and Understanding:• The disciplinary knowledge within the key learning areas
– Facts– Procedures– Concepts– Metacognition
Ways of Working:• Inquiring • Responding• Reflecting
QCAR Assessment
• Authentic
• Performance based
• Connected with the real world
• Requiring significant student time
Essential Learnings•Knowing and understanding•Inquiring •Responding•Reflecting
AssessmentAssessment
•Knowing and understanding•Inquiring •Responding•Reflecting
AssessmentKnowing and understanding•Inquiring •Responding•Reflecting
Essentials Essentials LearningsLearnings
•Knowing and understanding•Inquiring •Responding•Reflecting
Pedagogy
