Assessment Reporting assessment outcomes Reporting to Assessment outcomes

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Assessment Reporting assessment outcomes

Assessment Reporting assessment outcomes

Reporting to …? Assessment outcomes commonly have to be reported or communicated to: an

Reporting to …? Assessment outcomes commonly have to be reported or communicated to: an internal stakeholder (other teachers, school administration) Ø an external stakeholder (e. g. potential employer, educational institution, parents) Ø What do parents want (1)? What do parents want (2)?

Purposes of Reporting may be for: Ø Diagnostic purposes (e. g. informing students and

Purposes of Reporting may be for: Ø Diagnostic purposes (e. g. informing students and teachers which students need more support) Ø Monitoring purposes (e. g. informing parents of their own child’s progress in class) Ø Selection purposes (e. g. enabling an employer to select potential employees) Ø Motivation purposes (e. g. ‘mock’ exams, ‘effort’ grades)

Forms of ‘report’ How are assessment outcomes communicated to stakeholders? Ø Ø Ø Learners

Forms of ‘report’ How are assessment outcomes communicated to stakeholders? Ø Ø Ø Learners Teachers Parents Potential employers Educational institutions Community

A wide range of issues have to be taken into account if the ‘report’

A wide range of issues have to be taken into account if the ‘report’ is to be meaningful. Amongst these are: Ø To whom are you reporting? Are there many potential readers? Ø For what purpose(s) do the recipients want the report? Ø What is it that you are reporting? Is it what the recipients want/need to know? Ø Who should write the report? Should the student have a voice?

Ø How much detail do you want to give? How much detail – and

Ø How much detail do you want to give? How much detail – and in what form – does the recipient want? Ø How much time do you have available to write the report? How important is it? Ø Are there language issues to be taken into consideration? Ø Will you give grades, marks, positions, written statements? Are these what the recipient wants? Ø Are the content and form of presentation justified by the assessment evidence on which they are based?

Comparing report forms Ø Consider the examples of reports provided Ø What are your

Comparing report forms Ø Consider the examples of reports provided Ø What are your opinions of each of these formats? Ø Comment on what you see as their strengths and weaknesses Ø Compare their potential impact, accessibility and usefulness to recipients