Year 8 Assessment Booklet 2019

SENIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAKE HOLDERS TOWARDS ASSESSMENT AT SOMERSET COLLEGE College Responsibilities • Publish all assessment dates on the Somerset College calendar; • Provide students with assessment instruments in an appropriate time frame; • Provide feedback to students on assessment tasks in a timely manner; • Enact procedures which make sure that a consistency of standards is kept in the marking of assessment instruments; • Inform parent/guardian in a timely manner when students do not meet their responsibilities as outlined below. Student Responsibilities • Do their very best job on all assessment tasks; • Ensure all assessment tasks submitted are their original work; • Use the College Reference Policy; • Present a draft/progress check to teachers for each assessment (other than tests/examinations); • Submit all assessment tasks (other than tests/examinations) by the due date as follows: - Years 7 to 10: via ‘Schoolbox’(which incorporates built-in plagiarism checking feature PlagScan), and via hard copy - Years 11 and 12 : via ‘Turnitin’, and via hard copy; • Complete a ‘Missed Test/ Examination’ form (Appendix A) or ‘Application for Extension – Assessment Other Than Examination/Test’ form (Appendix B) prior to the due date and submit to the Deputy Headmaster or Dean of Middle Years, providing support documentation to validate the extension. Parent/Guardian Responsibilities • Encourage students to be present for all tests/examinations and to submit all drafts and final assessment instruments by the due date; • Inform the appropriate staff of any difficulties concerning the completion of assessment items and provide documentary evidence. PROCEDURE FOR MISSED TESTS/EXAMINATIONS 1. Parent/Guardian advises Deputy Headmaster of absence at the earliest opportunity. Advice is given that documentary evidence is needed. 2. Student completes a missed test/examination form (available in Schoolbox) at the earliest opportunity, attaches documentary evidence and hands same to Deputy Headmaster (Years 11 and 12) or Dean of Middle Years (Years 7 to 10) on the day of return to College. 3. Students sit for the test/examination as soon as they return to school or if during a Block Examination at the earliest opportunity in the Block session. 4. Deputy Headmaster submits to Administrator of Academic Services to place on student file.

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