Year 8 Assessment Booklet 2019

SENIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY

STATEMENT OF INTENT This Senior School Assessment Policy details procedures to be followed for: 1. Tests/Examinations 2. Assessment tasks other than examinations 3. Late and non-submission of assessment items 4. Academic Honesty 5. ESL students and students with documented learning difficulties.

RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND POLICY (Years 11 QCE and 12 OP Course)

• Late and non-submission of student responses to assessment instruments in Authority subjects and Authority-registered subjects – http://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_qa_mod_a-z.pdf (page 5) • Special Provisions for school based assessments in Authority subjects and Authority-registered subjects http://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_qa_mod_a-z.pdf (page 7) • Assessment: Policy and Guidelines; Subject area syllabus documents. PRINCIPLES FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS The following principles will inform Somerset College policy: 1. Evidence about student achievement will be gathered in a continuous process throughout the course of the teaching, learning and assessment program. 2. Expectations of assessment instruments and due dates will be made clear to teachers, students and their parents/guardians. 3. Procedures will be enacted consistently across subjects within the school in a fair and equitable manner. 4. Processes will be put in place by the College to intervene in order to avoid cases of late and non- submission. Judgments of student responses will only be made: 1. Where there is student work to match with syllabus standards descriptors

2. Using syllabus standards / Diploma criteria/ MYP criteria 3. Based on evidence available on or before the due date

In cases of non-submission of student responses to assessment instruments, standards are not awarded when there is no evidence. http://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_qa_mod_a-z.pdf.

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