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Assessment program audit toolFor Authority subjects
Science21 2010The 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 demonstrating a range of techniques including: supervised written
assessment extended experimental
investigation no more than two of any one
assessment technique.
Syllabus, pp. 32–33 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
Assessment categoriesSupervised written assessmentMust assess at least two of the following criteria: Knowledge and conceptual
understanding (KCU) Investigative processes (IP) Issues and impacts (II).
Instruments must allow students to produce a response: that is produced
independently, under supervision in a set time frame.
Types: multi choice short response — prose,
practical and calculations extended written.Conditions: may be in response to
stimulus which may be seen or unseen
unseen questions supervised conditions short response 50–250
words extended written response
600–800 words recommended time
1.5–2 hours.Syllabus, pp. 27–28
2.
Extended experimental investigation Must assess: Knowledge and conceptual
understanding (KCU) Investigative processes (IP)
Instruments must allow students to conduct secondary research into a scientific question or issue and examine its impacts. Instruments are developed to: investigate a scientific
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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
Issues and impacts (II). question or issue focus on using secondary
data gathered by the student.
Conditions: report 1000–1500 words for
data analysis, discussion.Syllabus, pp. 28–29
Extended response taskMust assess: Knowledge and conceptual
understanding (KCU) Investigative processes (IP) Issues and impacts (II).
Instruments must allow students to produce a response: to an investigation of a
scientific questionor
to a focus on using secondary data.
Types: analytical exposition,
product or report.Conditions: product, essay or written
report 1000–1500 words spoken/multimodal
5–8 minutes.Syllabus, pp. 30–31.
4.
Collection of workMust assess: Knowledge and conceptual
understanding (KCU) Investigative processes (IP)
Instruments must allow students to produce a response: to a series of tasks relating
to a single cohesive investigative context
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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
Issues and impacts (II). folio of responses to a variety of assessment situations comprising one written and minimum two other written and/or nonwritten tasks.
Conditions: written component no more
than 400–600 words in any one component
nonwritten component 3–5 minutes.
Syllabus, pp. 31–32.
Post-verification requirements
One subsequent assessment instrument from the following: supervised written
assessment extended experimental
investigation extended response task collection of work.Desirable to assess: Knowledge and conceptual
understanding (KCU) Investigative processes (IP) Issues and impacts (II).
As aboveSyllabus, p. 33
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 toolScience21 2010
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment AuthorityNovember 2014
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