Assessment, Evaluation and Recording

The Curriculum Organiser enables teachers to link teaching and assessment.

Formative assessment (i.e. assessment which is on-going or part of the learning program) is particularly appropriate in an outcomes approach. It is part of the developmental process. Therefore, the learning activities also become assessment exercises. Furthermore, the criteria used to create effective learning are also criteria used in determining ‘how well’ the outcomes were achieved.

Identifying assessment criteria

· Identify the processes in the Dynamic Strategies that require Organisation, Application and Review. These are likely to reveal useful assessment criteria.

· Refer to the Skills column - these processes may also be used as assessments.

· Clarify the criteria related to these activities - these can be used as assessment criteria.

· Copy and paste the criteria into the Student Assessment Record

Creating a Student Assessment Record.

· Select the ‘Assessment Record’

· Click ‘Open” ( A new assessment record is created)

· Type the title for the class / learning area

· Close the document

· Type the title into the ‘Menu-tree’

This document has now been hyperlinked to the teacher planners.

· To link from the Teacher Planner to the Assessment Record.

· Click on the hyperlink automatically created.

· Copy and Paste the criteria from the Assessment Column to the Assessment record.

· Enter the student achievement

Headings

· Titles can be inserted at the top or bottom of the Reporting Sheet.

· An outcome level may be colour-coded to indicate performance at a level.

Evidence

· Regular collection will provide evidence of progress towards an outcome.

Summative assessment

· Teachers may also use summative assessments e.g. end of term tests.

Evaluation

· Use symbols to indicate level of achievement e.g. at the simplest level, ‘demonstrated/not demonstrated’ may be used. However, you can become more sophisticated and include ‘grade related descriptors’ or ‘indices of difficulty’.

· After all evidence is gathered, an ‘on balance judgement’ can be made to determine if the student has shown progress from one level or stage to another.

· The method used will depend on the symbols used above. Essentially however, it is a matter of running the eye across the evidence to see if the outcome has been achieved.

Modifying the assessment records documents

The electronic records book can be modified to suit the teacher. For example, some teachers may wish to use ‘Measurements’ as part of the evidence gathering process e.g. if a teacher regularly uses mental to consolidate learning of the mathematical process, these scores (e.g. 7/10) may also be entered as evidence.