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1 [Insert faculty Banner] Consistency of Teacher Judgement Science 7-10
2 What is Consistency?Consistency in relation to assessment occurs when teachers are able to make judgements about student learning that are not dependent on the individual teacher, student, location or time and are based on a shared understanding of syllabus standards of learning.
3 Consistency and Comparability There are two important concepts underpinning the use of teacher judgement as a source of evidence of student achievement:Consistency- judgements that accord with:-Those previously made for individual students-Those made for all other students in a range of contextsComparability – judgements that accord with those made by other teachers for individuals or groups of studentsBoth of these concepts are important in providing reliableand valid evidence of student achievement usingjudgements.
4 How is Consistency developed? Consistency in making assessment judgements needs to develop by establishing procedures and structures to provide sufficient time on a regular basis, for teacher discussion about teaching, learning and assessment. This is the key to enhancing consistency:Across assessment tasksAcross teachers of different classesAcross key learning areas (such as Creative Arts, Mathematics, HSIE)Across time (within one key learning area over a period of years)Across schools
5 How is Consistency developed? Develop a shared understanding of syllabus outcomesHow do you form your expectations of what your students should achieve?Sources of information:- syllabus expectations- shared professional expectations and discussionRead and discuss. Teaching experience provides information of what students are expected to demonstrate at certain points in time. Professional discussion with colleagues clarifies understanding.
6 A shared understanding of syllabus outcomes Informing judgement: What do you want the students to learn?What parts of the syllabus do you currently draw on to inform your planning, teaching and assessing?Knowledge and skillsStudents learn aboutWorking scientificallyStudents learn toQuality teaching question #1: What do you want the students to learn? The syllabus provides a clear description of content and processes to be developed at each stage.
7 Faculty Planning for teaching and learning What documents do you currently use to inform planning, teaching and assessing?Syllabus outcomes and key ideasSyllabus support documents
8 Science Faculty Planning Faculties:collaboratively plan teaching programs that clearly state the intended learning and embed assessment into that teaching and learningcollaboratively develop common understandings of assessment practices and/or tasks that reflect the syllabus – based planning and teachingexamine student work against the standard of the syllabus within or across grades/faculties and schools to moderate their judgementsA program overview should be constructed for each Stage to ensure that the outcomes and content from the syllabus are covered.The syllabus recognises the hierarchical nature of most learning in Science. New learning typically builds upon earlier learning in the same, or a related, topic area from the syllabus. In this way, it is possible that students may have met content related to the unit of work at an earlier time. If the outcomes for the topic have been partially achieved, the unit should focus on consolidating and extending the students’ knowledge, skills and understanding.The syllabus acknowledges that students learn in different ways and at different rates. This has major implications for programming and designing units of work. For example, teachers may need to incorporate a range of activities to accommodate the different ways students learn. Decisions will have to be made as to how best (within the context of available resources) to cater for the range of levels of students’ current knowledge, skills and understanding in science. The process of developing units of work follows:identify the outcomes that will be highlighted in the unit of workdecide on the subject matter or focus of the unitdecide on the evidence of learning required and how students will demonstrate this in relation to the outcomes, and how this evidence will be gathered and recordedselect the relevant syllabus content for the identified outcomes relating to the knowledge, skills and understanding that students will developplan learning experiences identifying those that will provide evidence of learningensure a range of appropriate assessment strategies is used and meaningful feedback is given to studentsprovide opportunities for the teacher to reflect on student progress and modify future learning experiences accordingly.
9 Science Faculty Planning Assessment occurs as an integral part of teaching and learning. Teacher instruction and assessment influence student learning and learning processes. This involves using assessment activities to clarify student understanding of concepts, and planning ways to remedy misconceptions and promote deeper understanding.Science years 7-10 Advice on programming and Assessment BOS 2004 p13
10 Science Faculty Planning The model emphasises that outcomes are central to the decisions teachers make about the learning to be undertaken and the evidence of learning that needs to be collected. This evidence enables teachers to provide students with feedback on their learning and to determine how well students are achieving in relation to these outcomes.Model for developing integrated assessment activities.Science Years 7–10 : Advice on Programming and Assessment, NSW BOS, 2004, page 15
11 What’s important? Why does that learning matter? Students need to have and be able to use a body of knowledge called “science”Students need to be scientifically literateStudents need to be able to use the scientific method when investigatingStudents need to be able to show what they know and can do
12 How will my students demonstrate learning? My students will:Explain key scientific concepts and ideasIndividually plan and undertake scientific investigationsApply knowledge and understanding of science to problem solving in familiar and unfamiliar contextsCommunicate what they know and can do
13 How well do you expect students to complete the task? What is the expectation of student achievement at Stages 4, 5 and 6?An understanding of the continuum of learning will provide clarification of syllabus expectations for your students.Quality teaching question #4: How well do you expect them to do it? Explain that, as an introduction to the task, we will review the continuum of learning appropriate to the task.