Part 2 Assessment Planning
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Part 2Assessment Planning
Purposes of Assessment
Purposes of Assessment(Gronlund, 2006)
• Motivating students• Assigning grades• Certifying mastery of
district and course objectives
• Diagnosing learning difficulties or giftedness
• Placing students• Providing career
guidance• Evaluating programs
and institutions• Improving instruction • Assessing teacher
effectiveness
What do you think?
2nd Important
3rd Important
Most Important
School Assessment Review
Can you share with us your school
assessment policy?
Normal School Assessment PolicyShort tests Uniform
testsExaminations
No. per year Not fixed –Normally after each topic or several topics
2 2
Date Not fixed Early November
January
Early March June
Mark allocation
10% 10% 80%
HKDSE Timeline
• 12 January 2012
Delivery Date of Practice
Paper
• 2 May 2012Date of 1st
Examination
• 20 July 2012Result
Release
Assessment Objectives of BAFS1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of
different areas of business;2. Apply such knowledge and understanding to
familiar and novel situations;3. Analyse, synthesise and evaluate information
in the context of business decisions, taking into account the integrated and dynamic nature of business problems; and
4. Communicate facts, opinions, and suggestions in an effective manner.
Level Descriptors
Mode of Assessment
Paper 1
Compulsory Part (40%)
Paper 2Elective Part
Accounting (60%)
Business Management
(60%)
OR
CurriculumAssessment
Proportion
Time Allocation (Suggested in C&A Guide)
• (A) Multiple Choice (60 marks)• (B) Short Questions (40 marks)
Paper 1Compulsory
• (A) Short Questions (30 marks)• (B) Application Problems (50 marks)• (C) Case/theory Questions (20 marks)
Paper 2Accounting
• (A) Short Questions (30 marks)• (B) Case studies (50 marks)• (C) Essay Questions (20 marks)
Paper 2Business
Management
Can you share with us the setting of
your school examination papers?
School Examination(A sample school case)
09/10 S4 Exam Paper
10/11 S5 Exam Paper
HKDSEExamination
No. of paper 1 1 2 (Paper 1 & Paper 2A*)
Duration 1 hour 30 minutes
2 hours (P1) 1hours 30minutes(P2) 2 hours 30minutes
Types of Questions
15 MC5 ShortQuestions
5 Short Questions/Application Problems
A: MCB: Short QuestionsA: Short QuestionsB: Application ProblemsC: Case/ Theory Questions
More examplesAB
Level Descriptors• CD containing samples of student performance (BAFS
Standards-referenced Reporting Information Package)
• The exemplars are taken from Questions of Sample Papers. Page references for the respective questions and marking guidelines of the exemplars in the Information Booklet are provided.
• Exemplars are presented by question, from Level 5 (if available) to Level 1. Where certain questions or levels fall short of samples, readers are encouraged to refer to the Chinese version for additional information.
Strategies Used in Schools
Strategies used in schools
1. Set up Question Bank– Collection of different topics
• Multiple choice questions• Short questions• Long questions• Challenging questions
– Sources– Electronic version
<For more able students>
Question Bank (School Example)
1st
Round (School Year)
1 challenging question
20 minutes A total of 12 questions a year
2nd Round (Summer Vacation)
1 challenging question
40 minutes A total of 10 questions during vacation
1st round: Discuss in tutorial lessons 2nd round: Discuss through internet forum
<For less able students>• Tutorial lesson (most of the time)• Complete questions, each with 3 levels
(easy, median, hard) • Assistance (more able students/teachers)
Question Bank (School Example)
Strategies used in schools
2. Topic-wise questions • Questions in different grades (I – V)• Scheme:
(i) Assign student a grade (through a short test)(ii) Students are required to complete all
questions in his/her grade(iii) After completion, students can achieve
questions in one higher grade
Strategies used in schools
• Mapping between topics of compulsory part to topics of elective part– Questions type: Easy/ foundation (compulsory
part)– Questions type: Difficult/in-depth and specific
(elective part)
Strategies used in schools
Level 1 • 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, etc
Level 2 • 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, etc
Level 3 • 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, etcVertical extension refers to questions in the increase of difficulty in terms of contents covered under each topic
Horizontal extension is the extension of questions for each level and increase in level of difficulties (‘a’ represents the easiest ones in the extension).
Strategies used in schools
3. Statistical analysis of students’ performance– Using students’ results in quizzes and
examinations to analyse and monitor the effectiveness of teacher’s teaching as well as student learning
– Adjust teaching strategies and schedule to cater for needs of students
Strategies used in schools
4. Essay-type questions– Students need to finish
at least one question during lesson
– One essay question is assigned in weekend
– One more question to be finished by volunteer
Strategies used in schools
5. Different mode of assessment to cater for learner diversity– Format of assessment – Number of questions– Supports/ Hints
What kind of assessment
strategies are you using now?
Preparation for Public Assessment
SBA Implementation schedule2009/10 S4 2012 Submit SBA marks ()
2010/11 S4 2013 Submit SBA marks ()
2011/12 S4 2014 Submit SBA marks () HKEAA feedback
2012/13 S4 2015 Submit SBA marks () HKEAA feedback
2013/14 S4 2016 Submit SBA marks () 15% of final subject results
Preparation for assessmentSBA in Schools
• One school had started trying out SBA activities in 2008/09 school year, even earlier than the publication of SBA Teachers’ Handbook and Sample Task.
• The school designed a ‘project-learning’ activity focusing on ‘decision making’, taking his S6 class of students as the targets in his try-out exercise.
Preparation for assessmentSBA in Schools
• In 2009/10, the school selected Task 8 suggested in the Handbook and requested the S4 Accounting students to work out the task.
• Students’ performance in the activity was assessed and marks were counted in the school examination results.
Preparation for assessmentSBA in Schools
• In this second trial, students were divided into groups and were required to write up a business plan for starting up a business and to conduct an oral presentation to explain their plans to audience
• Students' performance in their final oral presentation was assessed with the assessment rubrics introduced in the SBA Handbook.
Preparation for assessmentSBA in Schools
• Teacher also invited the S3 students to be the audience of the oral presentation with a view to give the S3 students a general idea of what they would have to do when they were promoted to S5 taking BAFS as one of their elective subjects.
Preparation for Public Assessment
<HKEAA>1. Sample paper2. Level descriptor3. Practice paper4. PDPs organized by HKEAA
OPINIONS ON ASSESSMENT
THANK YOU
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