Program Overview

EEE405 Assessment and Reporting

Assessment and reporting are significant aspects of school education. Educational achievement and reporting of this is crucial to ongoing success for learners. Assessment monitors learning progress and reporting makes the results available to a range of audiences. Understanding the complexities surrounding assessment and reporting is essential for effective teaching. This subject compares and contrasts assessment and reporting strategies relevant to school education. Skills and practices required for effective assessing and reporting are explored with specific attention to identifying and understanding the challenges and complexities encountered by teachers when assessing and reporting on academic performance.

Assessment as learning occurs when students reflect on and monitor their progress to inform their progress. Assessment is the ongoing process of gathering, analysing and reflecting on evidence to make informed and consistent judgments to improve student learning. Assessment for improved student learning and deep understanding requires a range of assessment practices to be used. Reporting is the process by which assessment information is communicated to help students, parents and teachers to make decisions by providing information about what students know and can do, together with recommendations for their future learning.

This subject meets the National Graduate Teaching Standards which require teachers to: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning, in particular Standard 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5.

Availability

• Session 1 (30): Online, Wagga Wagga Campus
• Session 2 (60): On Campus, Albury-Wodonga Campus, Bathurst Campus, Port Macquarie Campus, Wagga Wagga Campus, Online
• Session 3 (90): Online, Wagga Wagga Campus

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Education

Enrolment Restrictions

Only available to undergraduate students.

Assumed Knowledge

The following subject is assumed knowledge for those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) course: EMS406 Science and Technology Curriculum Studies. The following subjects are assumed knowledge for those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) course:

• EML441 Curriculum Method 1: English
• EMH441 Curriculum Method 1: Society & Environment
• EMM441 Curriculum Method 1: Mathematics
• EMT445 Curriculum Method 1: Design & Technology
• EMR441 Curriculum Method 1: PD/H/PE
• EMS441 Curriculum Method 1: Science

Subject Relationships

EEE503 Paired Subject

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to understand social and political trends
• be able to understand how to assess student learning
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of providing feedback
• be able to demonstrate understanding of assessment moderation and consistent and comparable judgements
• be able to demonstrate the capacity to interpret student assessment data
• be able to understand the range of strategies for reporting on student achievement
• be able to understand the national assessment program

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Assessment for Learning
• Assessing Student Achievement
• Self and Peer Assessment
• Designing Assessment
• Assessment Criteria
• Assessment in the senior years
• Designing a Quality Test
• National Assessment Program
• Reporting Student Achievement
• The Purpose of Assessment and Reporting