Year 9 Assessment Guide 2019

SENIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT ITEMS OTHER THAN TESTS/EXAMINATIONS (Relevant for Years 11 QCE and 12 OP) Fairness to all students and the integrity levels of achievement reported for senior certification requires that no student be exempted from meeting the mandatory requirements of a syllabus for Authority and Authority-registered subjects (Years 11 and 12). The judgment of a student’s achievement for an area of learning is informed by what a student knows and can demonstrate. If, through non-submission of assessment, a student does not provide this evidence, a judgment cannot be made. For frequent non-submission of assessment tasks, a student has not met the mandatory requirements of the syllabus and the student and the QCAA must be notified that no result for that subject will appear on the Senior Statement. Where mandatory requirements have been met yet the assessment requirements outlined in the syllabus for awarding exit levels of achievement are incomplete, a student may still receive a level of achievement, but consideration may be given to the number of semesters of credit awarded by the College for the course of study. In cases where students do not submit a response to an assessment instrument by the due date, judgments will be made using evidence available on or before the due date. DUE DATE (Years 7 to 10 MYP/ Years 11 QCE and 12 QCAA or IB DIPLOMA) Timely submission of assessments is essential. Timely submission of assessment is considered to be by 8.00am on the day it is due by electronic submission via ‘Schoolbox’ for Years 7 to 10 (which incorporates built-in plagiarism checking feature PlagScan), and by ‘Turnitin’ for Years 11 and 12. A hard copy will be due in class on the due date or if there is no class then handed to the teacher before school. The work (even if incomplete) will be marked, commented upon, and credited towards the student’s semester result. As a first step, a Progress Check or Draft is compulsory for all items of work. Each subject will give students clear due dates for the draft. This draft is important, as it will serve as the final piece of work if a student should fail to hand in their final copy. Non submission of progress checks or drafts will mean that parents will be notified by email. For predominantly non-written pieces of assessment, e.g. orals and multi modals, the due date for written support material to be submitted to ‘Schoolbox’ (Years 7 to 10) or ‘Turnitin’ (Years 11 and 12) will also be 8.00am on the first day of presentation with all hard copies due on the first day of presentation. Unless otherwise organised by the class teacher, students must be ready for presentation in class on the due date.

“When you know better you do better” ~ Maya Angelou

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