Assessment and Reporting in the Primary School

Unit code: EEC3008 | Study level: Undergraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Footscray Park
Online Real Time
Prerequisites
EEC1113 - Creativity and the Arts in Education; and
EEC2000 - Succeeding On Your Placement; and
EEC2001 - Creating a Positive Learning Environment; and
EEC2002 - An Introduction to Differentiation; and
EEC2103 - Teaching Primary Science; and
EEC2105 - Primary Mathematics; and
EEC2106 - Approaches to Reading
Satisfactory completion of Year 2 primary school practicum. Successful completion of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Education students.
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
Enquire

Overview

This unit provides pre-service teachers (PSTs) with a comprehensive knowledge of assessment, data analysis, reporting and feedback/feed-forward in the primary school setting. This content will provide graduates with the skills and capacities to participate as competent and reflective members of the teaching profession.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Evaluate diagnostic formative and summative assessment tasks that can be used to assess students’ learning in years F-6;
  2. Analyse student achievement against rubrics and standards and construct high quality feedback;
  3. Collaborate with colleagues to facilitate moderation to enable consistent and comparable judgements of student achievement; and,
  4. Articulate student achievement and learning in reporting to parents and carers, and contribute to accurate and reliable records of student achievement.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Review
|
Grade: 30%
Review of assessments and reporting in primary placement.
Assessment type: Exercise
|
Grade: 40%
Review data from an assessment task and provide feedback.
Assessment type: Exercise
|
Grade: 30%
Design an assessment task and rubric.

Required reading

Readings will be provided by the facilitator representative of knowledge and issues associated with the current frameworks of teaching. Links to recommended readings and resources for this unit will be provided to students via the Learning Management System (VU Collaborate).

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Bachelor of Education (Primary)
EBPE | Bachelor degree | Duration: 4 years

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

Search for units, majors & minors