Science 7-10 Assessment

Welcome to the Science 7-10 Assessment support page

Principles for assessment in NSW public schools

To view a document outlining these principles .

Board of Studies Assessment Resource Centre

The aim of the resource centre is to support and enhance professional practice in the assessment and reporting of student achievement across Years K to 12. It has been developed primarily for teachers, although parents and students will also find the resource useful. On the website you will find assessment activities, student work samples aligned to the A–E Common Grade Scale, a summary of Board of Studies requirements regarding assessment and credentialling, information about assessment for learning, and links to useful assessment resources. To go to the Board of Studies ARC site

Stage 4 assessment

ESSA

The Essential Secondary Science Assessment is a Science assessment program for students approaching the end of Stage 4. It joins the statewide assessments of literacy and numeracy – English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA) and the Secondary Numeracy Assessment Program (SNAP) – in providing information about the skills of secondary students. To learn more about this assessment program

Materials from the 2005 ESSA test and the workshops held in 2006 across regions can be accessed from the Educational Measurement and School Accountability Directorate (EMSAD) at:

https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/directorates/schoimpro/EMD/essa_whatsnew.htm

Stage 5 assessment

Course performance descriptors

To link to the NSW Board of Studies site that outlines and describes the course performance descriptors

Using the Course Peformance Descriptors is a word document reprinted from Curriculum Support that provides advice for teachers to assist them to assess their students for the School Certificate. (39kb)

Securing their future

This resource folder, published in 1998, contains examples of assessment schemes, contained in Section 1, and ten school snapshots of rich assessment tasks, contained in Section 2. These were trialed during 1998, with the evaluations published in a Section 3.

To view Sections 1 and 2 (532kb)