3. A key AITSL Graduate standard is "standard 5: assess, provide feedback and report on student learning." Comment on why you think this standard is a key feature of the graduate standard

Question 1

What does AITSL stand for?

Answer 1

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership

Question 2

What is the topic for the first paragraph?

Answer 2

Assessment

Question 3

List and describe the types of assessment

Answer 3

• Normative assessment (assess individual performance, class and state ranking)
• Competency assessment (pass or fail)
• Diagnostic assessment (determining what they do and don’t know)
• Summative assessment (end of a semester, topic or term)
• Observational assessment (used for children who are learning to read and write)

Question 4

Why is assessment a key feature of the graduate standard?

Answer 4

• Provides us with an indicator of both student and teacher performance
• All teachers must be able to understand why they need to assess students and must have the ability to use a wide range of assessments to get a broader view of what the students understand and what they need to focus on
• Without assessment, there is no proof of a child understanding the content

Question 5

What is the topic for paragraph 2?

Answer 5

Standardised assessment and NAPLAN

Question 6

Why was NAPLAN introduced?

Answer 6

• Government wanting to increase Australia’s world standing for education
• Also for the teachers, for parents to see where there children are at

Question 7

Examples of standardised testing?

Answer 7

NAPLAN, WACE

Question 8

Describe the purpose of MySchool

Answer 8

• Parents to access information to know how their school was performing against other schools, allows them more information about choice of schools
• Useful for teachers to see how they are performing compared to similar schools
• Motivation for school improvement

Question 9

Why is assessment a key feature of the graduate standard? (standardised)

Answer 9

• Teachers need to understand assessment to assist students in preparing for Australian wide testing

Question 10

List the topic for paragraph 3

Answer 10

Providing feedback and reporting

Question 11

Why do teachers need to be data literate?

Answer 11

So teachers can act on the marks that children get in assessments and both determine reasons for them and assist the students in improving

Question 12

What is reporting?

Answer 12

Reporting is the process used to communicate knowledge gained from assessing student learning.

Question 13

Why do teachers need to be able to report/ why is reporting a key feature of the graduate standard?

Answer 13

Gives feedback to parents, teachers and support staff.
All teachers must be able to report in order to allow others to see the students progress. It keeps the teacher accountable for the student’s learning