Unit Outline

This unit examines the purpose and structure of assessment and reporting within a range of educational settings, including schools and VET. You will begin by reviewing a range of assessment types, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative, and their integration into the learning environment. You will develop an understanding of the feedback process, and develop strategies to assist the provision of timely and constructive responses to your learners. Finally, you will develop your knowledge and skills in interpreting student assessment data to evaluate student learning, identify implications for teaching practices, and prepare reports for parents/carers and other educational stakeholders.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	communicate an understanding of assessment principles and strategies.
2.	provide appropriate feedback to students about their learning.
3.	interpret student assessment data and identify implications for teaching practice.
4.	apply a range of strategies for reporting achievement to students and parents/carers/other stakeholders.
5.	apply professional and academic communication skills.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Purposes, Principles, and Types of Assessment	Week 4	10 %	LO1
Assessment Task 2:	Evaluating Student Learning	Week 8	45 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Reporting on Student Learning	Week 13	45 %	LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Purposes, Principles, and Types of Assessment

Task Description:

In this quiz you will demonstrate your understanding of the various purposes and principles of assessment, and types of assessment strategies.

Further information about this task will be available in MyLO.

Task Length:

500 words equivalent

Due Date:

Week 4 (18/Mar/2024)

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate understanding of assessment principles, purposes and strategies (100%)	LO1

Assessment Task 2: Evaluating Student Learning

Task Description:

For this task, you will analyse and evaluate authentic student assessment data. You will also prepare feedback for students to enhance and progress their learning. You will draw upon your evaluation to identify how assessment practice could be modified to improve student learning.

From your area of teaching (current or intended), you will select three samples of student work that have been submitted for the same assessment task. The samples must reflect a range in quality or adherence to the requirements of the task. Support will be provided for those that do not have access to student samples.

In more detail:

- Analyse and evaluate each sample of student work, determining and justifying the grade you would assign to it (satisfactory, below or above).
- Considering all three samples, summarise the learning evident and the areas that need improvement.
- Prepare written feedback for each student based on your analysis and evaluation and describe how this feedback should facilitate further learning and development.

Referring to the assessment task (attach as an appendix), identify how you could better reflect the enactment of the principles of assessment
for the improvement of feedback that contributes to student learning.

For your submission, please include either the student samples or de-identified photos of the student work as appendices.

Task Length:

2000 Words

Due Date:

Week 8 (24/Apr/2024)

Weight:

45 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Apply knowledge of assessment principles, purposes and strategies (10%)	LO1
2	Interpret student assessment data to evaluate learning (30%)	LO3
3	Provide timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning. (30%)	LO2, LO4
4	Reflect on student assessment data and identify implications for teaching practice (20%)	LO3
5	Demonstrate professional and academic communication skills (10%)	LO5

Assessment Task 3: Reporting on Student Learning

Task Description:

This task requires you to select one case-study from the “AT3 Case Studies” in MyLO. You are to read through/listen to each of the seven case-studies and then select the one that most appeals to you.

For each case study there is a recorded interview with a student and copy of their reports covering several subject areas. The student you choose becomes ‘your student’ for this assessment task.

For this task, you will adopt the role of ‘your’ student’s Home Room Teacher, preparing for parent-teacher interviews. In this scenario, the parents of your student have advised that they will be attending the interview, and the school policy is that the student will also be present.

You have the following tasks to complete and submit for this assessment task:

Part A: Preparing for a parent-teacher interview
• Analyse the subject-teachers’ assessment and prepare a written summary
• Identify what other sources of data you might collect prior to the interview, and why this data could be valuable
• Prepare your feedback to discuss with the student at the interview (bullet points accepted)
• Prepare your feedback to discuss with the parent/s at the interview (bullet points accepted)
• Prepare questions to ask either the student or the parents / stakeholders at the interview
• Identify questions that you predict may be raised by either the student or the parent at the interview, and draft your response to those questions
• Identify 2-4 short-term goals (such as future subject choices, attendance/performance goals) as you deem might be appropriate, for further discussion with your student and their parent/s.

Part B: Drawing upon your studies in the unit so far, reflect on:
• Why you chose the case-study you did, and were there others that you would feel less confident about preparing for? If so, how can you plan to overcome that lack of confidence?
• How did you go about interpreting the data presented to you – what influenced you most and what biases or assumptions might you have had while preparing for the interview?
• How would you document what occurred at the parent-teacher interview and what purpose would it serve?
• What have been your key learning points from this assessment task?

Please ensure you submit only one file, containing both Part A and Part B.

Task Length:

1600 Words

Due Date:

Week 13 (31/May/2024)

Weight:

45 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Interpret student assessment data to evaluate learning (30%)	LO3
2	Provide appropriate feedback to students about their learning (30%)	LO2
3	Communicate assessment and achievement data effectively to parents/carers and other stakeholders (30%)	LO4
4	Demonstrate professional and academic communication skills (10%)	LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials