Module 6: Assessment Principles The Victorian Curriculum F–10: Health and Physical Education and Personal and Social Capability, including Respectful Relationships.

Quality Assessment Masters, Geoff. (2013) Reforming Educational Assessment: Imperatives, principles and challenges. Camberwell. Victoria: Australian Council for Educational Research. https://research.acer.edu.au/aer/12/

Purpose The fundamental purpose of assessment is to establish where learners are in their learning at the time of assessment. Master, G. (2013). Reforming education assessment: imperatives, principles and challenges. Melbourne: ACER.

Quality assessment

Need for better educational outcomes Australia-wide NAP – National Assessment Program PISA – Programme for International Student Assessment Ofsted – Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services & Skills IBE – UNESCO – International Bureau of Education

Understanding learning

Learning Assessment System Principle 1 Assessments should be guided by, and address, an empirically based understanding of the relevant curriculum area.

Empirically based curriculum Scope and sequence documents: Personal and social capability Health and Physical Education

The structure of the Curriculum The curriculum demonstrates an increasing proficiency/expertise within the curriculum area as a learner progresses through the levels.

Learning Assessment System Construct validity Reliability Objectivity Inclusivity Feasibility Principle 2 Assessment methods should be selected for their ability to provide useful information about where students are in their learning within the curriculum area.

Are the assessment items selected…

Learning Assessment System Principle 3 Responses to, or performance on, assessment tasks should be recorded using one or more task ‘rubrics’

VCAA Assessment Strategies Units of work, and associated rubrics explicitly assessing content from Health and Physical Education and the Personal and Social Capability areas of the Victorian Curriculum can be found on the VCAA Respectful Relationship page of the VCAA website.

VCAA learning continuum

Learning Assessment System Principle 4 Available assessment evidence should be used to draw a conclusion about where learners are in their progress within the learning curriculum area.

Learning Assessment System Principle 5 Feedback and reports of assessments should show where learners are in their learning at the time of assessment and ideally what progress they have made over time.

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Fiona Matthews VCAA Specialist Teacher Health Education and Personal and Social Capability, including Respectful Relationships