queensland curriculum, assessment and reporting framework
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Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Framework
The Assessment Bank Supporting school-based assessment
Workshop 8
• content
• technical capabilities.
When you hear the words “Assessment Bank”, what are your expectations regarding its:
Workshop aims• To provide information about the Assessment Bank
• To show how the Assessment Bank can support teaching, learning and school-based assessment
The five components of the QCAR Framework
Essential Learnings clarify what to teach
Standards provide a common language to describe student achievement
Assessment Bank provides online access to a collection of quality assessments and resources
Queensland Comparable Assessment Tasks (QCATs) in Years 4, 6 and 9
provide evidence of what students know, understand and can do, and support consistency of teacher judgment
Guidelines for Reporting support consistency of reporting
What is the Assessment Bank?
The Assessment Bank is an online collection of assessments and resources that are linked to the Essential Learnings and Standards and used to support teaching, learning and school-based assessment.
Why have an Assessment Bank?
• To support school-based assessment
• To model assessment using Essential Learnings and Standards
• To model a variety of assessments and resources
How are assessments presented?
1. Student booklet2. Teacher guidelines3. Assessment-related resources(where applicable)4. Guide to making judgments5. Indicative A response6. Sample responses (when available)
Student booklet
Identify curriculum
Sequence teaching &
learning
Develop assessment
Make judgments
Use feedback
Guide to making judgments
Assessable elements
Task-specific assessable elements
Provision for feedback
Task-specific descriptions of the expected qualities of student learning to be demonstrated
Assessable elements
Task-specific assessable elements Task-specific descriptors that
signpost the discernable differences in the quality of student performance along a continuum.
Guide to making judgments
Indicative A response
Sample responses
Student responseAnnotations describe how the sample matches the task-specific descriptors
What is a resource?Classroom resource
Professional resource
Teachers may choose to use the assessments and resources:• as they are, or adapt to suit local needs
• as a springboard for developing new assessments and resources
• as a basis for conversations with parents, educators and other school communities.
Curriculum leaders may choose to:• encourage educators to access the
Assessment Bank• provide professional development in the use
of the Assessment Bank • facilitate conversations with parents,
educators and other school committees using examples from the Assessment Bank
• develop opportunities for teachers to moderate student work.
Discussion
How can the Assessment Bank support teaching, learning and assessment in my classroom and school?
User Log inwww.qsa.qld.edu.au > Assessment > QCAR > Assessment Bank
What are the main features of the Assessment Bank?
Personalised home page
Search for assessments and resources
Profile-based links
Favourites
Previous searches and downloads
Assessment search
Easy to use and flexible
When KLA Languages is selected, the Language levels appear:
Assessment search results
Overview of assessment
Assessment content in multiple formats
Add assessments to your Library Cart
View assessment documents
Assessment package details
Resource search
Search for resources
Professional resources & classroom resources
