Literacy Professional Learning Resource
VELS Level 5 and 6
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Assessment advice - A definition of assessment and its purposes. Introduction and link to Assessment Professional Learning Modules.
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Assessing literacy using the standards and progression points - Describes standards, progression points and assessment maps and their use in assessing student achievement.
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Assessment to support literacy learning - Assessment tools and techniques suitable for use with students at this level.
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On Demand Testing - A review of the online assessment resources provided through the VCAA's On Demand Testing Program.
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Read and Retell - An assessment task based on student's retelling of texts read to them.
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TORCH: Tests of Reading Comprehension - An overview of the Tests of Reading Comprehension (TORCH), 2nd edition, ACER Press, 2003.
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PROBE: Prose, Reading Observation, Behaviour and Evaluation - An overview of the reading assessment tool PROBE, (Prose,Reading Observation, Behaviour and Evaluation) 2nd edition, Publisher:Triune Initiatives NZ 2002.
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Developmental Assessment Resource for Teachers (DART) English - An overview of the Developmental Assessment Resource for Teachers (DART) English.
- View the video clips on the English Developmental Continuum for reading, writing, speaking and listening at 5.0 and 6.0: