Assessment and Reporting in the Primary School

Unit code:EEC3008Study level:Undergraduate

Credit points

12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)

Location

Footscray Park
Online Real Time
VU Online

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)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit provides Pre-service Teachers (PSTs) with a comprehensive knowledge of assessment; data collection, data analysis and reporting, including feedback/feed-forward in the primary school setting. In turn, PST’s will demonstrate their understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning. They will also explore professional reflections of student outcomes as a form of feedback on their teaching. In addition, PST’s will develop their skills in assessment moderation, making consistent and comparable judgements, interpret student data and report on student achievement. The unit content will provide PST’s with the skills and capacities to participate as competent and reflective members of the teaching profession and comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements.

Learning Outcomes

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

Evaluate evidence-based assessments that are used to assess and monitor students’ learning needs, progress and attainment in Foundation Year to Year 6;
Analyse student achievement against rubrics and standards and construct high quality feedback;
Collaborate with colleagues to facilitate moderation to enable consistent and comparable judgements of student achievement; and,
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%

A critical evaluation of assessments and reporting in primary placement.

Assessment type: Project | Grade: 40%

In groups, PST’s are to review assessment data and provide feedback. Individual component included.

Assessment type: Project | Grade: 30%

In groups, PST’s design an assessment task and rubric for a specific content area. In following, each group will present to another group. Individual component included.

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).