VELS Level 5 and 6

• Assessment advice - A definition of assessment and its purposes. Introduction and link to Assessment Professional Learning Modules.
• Assessing literacy using the standards and progression points - Describes standards, progression points and assessment maps and their use in assessing student achievement.
• Assessment to support literacy learning - Assessment tools and techniques suitable for use with students at this level.
• On Demand Testing - A review of the online assessment resources provided through the VCAA's On Demand Testing Program.
• Read and Retell - An assessment task based on student's retelling of texts read to them.
• TORCH: Tests of Reading Comprehension - An overview of the Tests of Reading Comprehension (TORCH), 2nd edition, ACER Press, 2003.
• 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.
• 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:
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Speaking and Listening