Pre-Moderation Day Activity

Questions around Quality Assessment

The BSSS will be embarking on creating some quality assessment guidelines this year. In order to capture what teachers do currently, we would appreciate a few moments of your time to tell us about your assessment practices.

Aims of the survey:

To raise awareness about the Quality Assessment Guidelines which will be written this year to support teachers in the design of assessment tasks.

To collect opinions and information about current assessment practices to inform the writing group.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. School

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* 3. In your opinion, what makes an assessment task effective and high quality?

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* 4. When planning your assessments which theoretical framework(s) do you use? (Choose all that apply).

None

Bloom’s taxonomy (updated by Anderson and Krathwohl)

SOLO taxonomy

Quality Teaching model (QTm)

Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

William’s model

Deep and Surface Learning: Marton and Saljo

Costa and Kallick’s Habits of Mind

Other: details

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* 5. Select the top five features you may consider when planning an assessment and rank them in order of importance

	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Clarity	Clarity First	Clarity Second	Clarity Third	Clarity Fourth	Clarity Fifth
Course documents	Course documents First	Course documents Second	Course documents Third	Course documents Fourth	Course documents Fifth
Course content	Course content First	Course content Second	Course content Third	Course content Fourth	Course content Fifth
Achievement Standards	Achievement Standards First	Achievement Standards Second	Achievement Standards Third	Achievement Standards Fourth	Achievement Standards Fifth
Discrimination	Discrimination First	Discrimination Second	Discrimination Third	Discrimination Fourth	Discrimination Fifth
Differentiation	Differentiation First	Differentiation Second	Differentiation Third	Differentiation Fourth	Differentiation Fifth
Theoretical Framework	Theoretical Framework First	Theoretical Framework Second	Theoretical Framework Third	Theoretical Framework Fourth	Theoretical Framework Fifth
Contemporary relevance	Contemporary relevance First	Contemporary relevance Second	Contemporary relevance Third	Contemporary relevance Fourth	Contemporary relevance Fifth
Choice	Choice First	Choice Second	Choice Third	Choice Fourth	Choice Fifth
Being culturally sensitive	Being culturally sensitive First	Being culturally sensitive Second	Being culturally sensitive Third	Being culturally sensitive Fourth	Being culturally sensitive Fifth
Reliability	Reliability First	Reliability Second	Reliability Third	Reliability Fourth	Reliability Fifth
Fairness	Fairness First	Fairness Second	Fairness Third	Fairness Fourth	Fairness Fifth
Validity	Validity First	Validity Second	Validity Third	Validity Fourth	Validity Fifth
Lack of bias	Lack of bias First	Lack of bias Second	Lack of bias Third	Lack of bias Fourth	Lack of bias Fifth
Flexibility	Flexibility First	Flexibility Second	Flexibility Third	Flexibility Fourth	Flexibility Fifth
Gender	Gender First	Gender Second	Gender Third	Gender Fourth	Gender Fifth
Your students’ needs	Your students’ needs First	Your students’ needs Second	Your students’ needs Third	Your students’ needs Fourth	Your students’ needs Fifth

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Please provide reasons for your ranking in question 5.

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* 7. Do you plan your assessments collaboratively?

Yes

Please describe your approach:

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* 8. Do you review/evaluate your assessments? (Choose all that apply)

Yes - My assessments are reviewed by someone else before they are handed out to students

Yes - I evaluate my own assessments after they have been completed

Yes - My assessments are evaluated by someone else after they have been completed

No - my assessment tasks are not reviewed or evaluated

Other

Please describe your approach:

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* 9. How will you use the guidelines once they are developed? (Choose all that apply)

Planning assessment

Assessment evaluation - pre distribution

Assessment evaluation - post completion

Identifying exemplar assessment tasks

Discussions on Moderation Day

In-school moderation discussions

Professional development in assessment

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Any other comments:

Thank you for completing this survey. Your responses will fulfil an important role in planning the Assessment Guidelines.

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