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Assessment program audit toolFor Authority subjects
Modern History 2004The 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, one from each of the following categories: Category 1 — Extended
written response to historical evidence
Category 2 — Written research tasks
Category 3 — Multimodal presentations
Category 4 — Other test format.
Syllabus, p. 54 School assessment program1.
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
Assessment categoriesCategory 1 — Extended written response to historical evidenceCriteria assessed: Forming historical
knowledge through critical inquiry
Communicating historical knowledge.
Instruments must allow students to produce a response that is mainly developed from the sources provided.Conditions: essay under test conditions unseen question no notes allowed 1.5–2 hours recommended some sources seen, some
unseen or all sources unseen
types, relevance and reliability of sources varied
contestable sources requiring evaluation of perspectives
600–800 words.Syllabus, p. 49
2.
Category 2 — Written research tasksCriteria assessed: Planning and using a
historical research process Forming historical
knowledge through critical inquiry
Communicating historical knowledge.
Instruments must allow students to produce a response that is either: written assignment —
analytical essay in which a hypothesis is tested or research question answered
or other form of presentation in
which the results of the research are presented in a written genre.
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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: assignment 1000–1500
words, 2000 words where depth of topic warrants
other tasks — up to 1500 words
negotiated research question with rationale
evidence of research process
referencing appropriate to the genre.
Syllabus, p. 50
Category 3 — Multimodal presentationsCriteria assessed: Planning and using a
historical research process Forming historical
knowledge through critical inquiry
Communicating historical knowledge.
Instruments must allow students to produce a multimodal presentation that is the outcome of research: range of formats possible.Conditions: negotiated research
question with rationale evidence of research
process referencing appropriate to
the genre.Syllabus, p. 51
4.
Category 4 — Other test formatsCriteria assessed:
Supervised test, variety of formats possible.Conditions:
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Assessment program audit toolModern History 2004
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment AuthorityNovember 2014
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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
Forming historical knowledge through critical inquiry
Communicating historical knowledge.
Tests — some sources seen, some unseen or all sources unseen
essay tests — no sources or additional material
essays 600–800 words other 500 words.Syllabus, p. 52
Post-verification requirements
One instrument from any of the four categories which assesses one or more criteria including: Forming historical
knowledge through critical inquiry.
Syllabus, pp. 49–52Syllabus, p. 55
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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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