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Principles of Effective Assessment
- Assessment is integral to teaching and learning. It should be based on the History stage outcomes that specify what students should know, understand and be able to do at the end of a stage in History.
- A variety of assessment strategies should be used and students should be given opportunities, in varying contexts, to demonstrate in an authentic manner what they know, understand and can do.
- Assessment strategies should be sensitive to gender, disability, culture, background language, socioeconomic status and geographical location.
- Values and attitudes are an integral part of learning. Assessment and reporting of them, however, should be distinct from the assessment and reporting of knowledge, understanding and skills.
- Reporting of student achievement has a number of purposes for a range of audiences, and it may take a variety of forms. The form of a report must relate to its intended purpose and audience.
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