Prep to Year 10 Assessment – Assessment Professional Learning Modules

Module 5 resources: Making Consistent Judgements

Web Links:

• Assessment
• Principles of Learning and Teaching (PoLT)
•  VCAA Assessment Maps for the Standards
• Presentation from: "Making Consistent Judgements Professional Learning"
  Use the "Professional Learning" button to go to the "Making Consistent Judgements" menu and select a presentation (e.g. "Moderation")
• NWREL in the US has a good assessment site including a checklist to judge the quality of assessment tasks and an accessible discussion about validity and reliability
• Wynne Harlen 2004 paper: A systematic review of the evidence of reliability and validity of assessment by teachers used for summative purposes
• Curriculum Corporation Assessment for Learning
• Association for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment (AAIA - UK) has many useful downloads such as these two very useful pdf booklets:
  • "Primary Assessment Practice: Evaluation and Development Material."
  • "Secondary Assessment Practice: Self-Evaluation and Development Material."
• Victorian Essential Learning Standards and VCAA Assessment principles with samples of work and assessment tasks
• Student Reporting Site
  

 

References

AAIA, "Primary Assessment Practice: Evaluation and Development Material"
"Secondary Assessment Practice: Self-Evaluation and Development Material"
Both are available to download at Association for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment (AAIA - UK)

Athanasou, J. & Lamprianou, I. (2002). A Teacher's Guide to Assessment , Tuggerah, NSW: Social Sciences Press.

Banks, S. R. (2005). Classroom Assessment: Issues and Practices. Boston: Pearson.

Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2006). The Reliability of Assessments. In J. Gardner (Ed.) Assessment and Learning. London: Sage.

Black, P., Harrison C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D. (2003). Assessment for Learning: Putting it into practice. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.

Borich, G. D. & Tombari, M. L. (1999). Educational Assessment for the Elementary and Middle School Classroom. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. (2nd ed.)

Brady, L. & Kennedy, K. (2005). Celebrating Student Achievement - Assessment and Reporting. Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson. 2nd edition.

Brooks, V. (2002). Assessment in Secondary Schools. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.

Clarke, S. (1998). Targeting assessment in the primary classroom. Abingdon, UK: Hodder Murray.

Gardner, J. (Ed.). (2006). Assessment and Learning. London: Sage.

Harlen, W. (2006). The Role Of Assessment in Developing Motivation For Learning. In J. Gardner (Ed.) Assessment and Learning. London: Sage.

Harlen, W. ( 2004). "A systematic review of the evidence of reliability and validity of assessment by teachers used for summative purposes"   available at The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre website

Harlen, W. (1994). Concepts of Quality in Student Assessment. Paper presented at the Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Hayes, D., Mills, M., Christie, P. & Lingard, B. (2006). Teachers and Schooling Making a Difference - Productive Pedagogies, Assessment and Performance. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Hutchin, V. (1999). Right from the start: Effective Planning and Assessment in the Early Years. Abingdon, UK: Hodder and Stoughton.

James, M. & Pedder, D. (2006). Professional Learning as a condition for Assessment for Learning. In J. Gardner (Ed,) Assessment and Learning, London: Sage.

Stobart, G. (2006). The Validity of Formative Assessment. In J. Gardner (Ed.) Assessment and Learning. London: Sage.

Tanner, H. & Jones, S. (2003) Marking and Assessment. London/New York: Continuum.

Tanner, H., Jones, S. & Davies, A. (2002) Developing Numeracy in the Secondary School. London: David Fulton.

Weeden, P., Winter, J. & Broadfoot, P. (2002). Assessment: What's in it for schools? London/New York: RoutledgeFalmer.