tsl3112 lecture 14 reporting of assessment data

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REPORTING OF ASSESSMENT

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REPORTING OF ASSESSMENT DATA

Why report?

an important task reporting the assessment

results to various stakeholders so that their

needs for information are met and they have a

clear understanding of the assessment.

assessment reports can help build support for

schools and for initiatives that educators wish

to carry out

If poorly reported they can be disregarded orinterpreted incorrectly, adversely affecting

students, educators, and others in the school

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PURPOSES OF REPORTING

ASSESSMENT DATA

To recognize, acknowledge and give credit

for what students have achieved

To contribute to students personal

development and progressTo assist schools and the system in

identifying the potentials of their students

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PURPOSES OF REPORTING

Accurate and useful reportingenables teachers, students and the

public to understand

why various assessmentinstruments are being applied

how the results will be used as

part of the school improvementprocess

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o To meet this goal, educators involved in

reporting assessment results should:

i. Determine the specific goals of the reporting

activities

ii. Select reporting strategies

iii. Communicate student assessment results in

a clear and accurate manner to students,

parents and the public

iv. Report results at a level of understanding

appropriate for the group or individual

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When preparing to write assessment

reports, educators should:Determine how individual, group, and

school results of various tests will help

the school to improve instruction and

learning.

Determine the audience for the reporting

activity students, parents, the school

board, or the public

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When preparing to write assessment

reports, educators should:

Be clear aboutwhyassessment results

should be reported to these audiences.

Be equally clear about what information is

to be communicated, for what purposes,

and using which reporting techniques.

Multiple strategies are likely to be more

effective.

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Educators have several options when

preparing reports:

Reports can be provided in person, in

writing, or in both forms.Reports can be primarily text-based,

graphical, or both.

Reports can be lengthy and elaborate,or brief and straightforward.

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REPORTING METHODS

Reporting results to Students

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Briefing provided to the entire groupof students

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Individual follow-up meetings with students

Focus on how teacher(s) will be addressingthe individual needs of students.


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REPORTING RESULTS TO PARENTS

Individual parent/ teacher conferences

An individual written report sent home

Parent group meetings

Parent newsletter articles10

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AN EXAMPLE OF PERFORMANCE

SUMMARY

Victorian Government School Performance Summary

aims to provide parents a clear overview of how

government schools are performing in Victoria. Each

performance summary provides:

overall results of students and how the schoolcompares with other schools

student outcome results for the latest school year, as

well as the last four years (when available) as well as

a detailed breakdown of the areas that were measured

school comparison data to other schools, that

identifies whether a school (taking into account its

students) is performing higher than, lower than, or

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SUMMING UP:

The effectiveness of the entire reporting process

will be greatly hindered if the school or district

makes no effective use of the assessment

information.

If teachers, administrators and parents do not

learn from and act upon the information provided

by the assessments, the entire process will be of

little or no benefit to the children.

REMEMBER : the ultimate goal of

assessment is to better educate

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TUTORIAL : GROUPWORK

List out the possible purposes and types of

reporting methods that can be used for reporting

assessment data.

Devise appropriate reporting methods for the

situations given.

newsletters

direct inquiries to schools.

written reports on student progress. parentteacher meetings.

school prospectuses or handbooks.

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