Australians – Yesterday and Today – Level 6 Sample Unit

Assessment

The Victorian Essential Learning Standards support a combination of assessment practices:

Assessment of learning (summative)
Assessment for learning (formative)
Assessment as learning (formative).

The assessment tasks in this unit focus on collection of evidence of student learning for summative purposes. Some components could also be used to support assessment for learning and assessment as learning.

Assessment guide

When assessing student achievement, assessment criteria can be developed from relevant standards and associated tasks or activities. The table below shows the assessment criteria related to the assessment task/s and relevant standards and the expected evidence to be used as the basis for assessment.

The table can also be used to assist teachers to make judgments about whether students are working at the standard (achieved the standard), progressing towards the standard (have not met expectations of the standard) or progressing beyond the Standard (have exceeded expectations of the standard) for specific assessment criteria. It is provided as a guide only and may be adapted or modified to suit particular classrooms and/or student reporting.

See the Teaching, learning and assessment advice for advice on developing rubrics.

Assessment Task: Australians – Yesterday and today

Evidence	Element of the Standard	Assessment criteria	Progressing towards the Standard	At the Standard	Progressing beyond the Standard
The Humanities – History – Historical reasoning and interpretation
Framing the research (Activity 2)	… frame research questions.	Ability to frame relevant questions.	Requires assistance to frame relevant questions.	Frames relevant questions to the research.	Frames questions that explore a wide variety of issues.
Compiling a resource list (Activity 2)	… locate relevant resources.	Ability to source relevant materials.	Uses only given resources.	Locates own materials.	Demonstrates extensive range of resources.
The Humanities – History – Historical knowledge and understanding
Written presentation (Activity 4)	… analyse events which contribute to Australia’s social, political and cultural development.	Ability to make connections between a specific story and the historical context.	Makes limited connections between specific individual/family circumstances and historical events.	Makes connections between specific individual/family circumstances and historical events.	Demonstrates extended evaluation of historical circumstances.
Communication – Presenting
Presentation (Activity 4)	… use subject-specific language and conventions in accordance with the purpose of their presentation to communicate complex information.	Demonstrates ability to use appropriate history vocabulary correctly and consistently (e.g., immigrants, migration, refugees, asylum seekers).	Demonstrates limited and/or inconsistent use of appropriate history vocabulary.	Use of appropriate history vocabulary consistent with purpose.	Use of appropriate history vocabulary integral to development of ideas and purpose.
Interpersonal Development – Working in teams
Reflection on teamwork (Activity 5 and ongoing)	… work collaboratively, negotiate roles and delegate tasks to complete complex tasks in teams.	Demonstrates ability to reflect on how successfully tasks were delegated.	Uses the journal to provide basic descriptions of how well tasks were allocated	Uses the journal to provide a thoughtful evaluation of task allocation within each session.	Uses the journal to provide a clear sense of allocating tasks across sessions.