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SENIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT POLICY
PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT ITEMS OTHER THAN TESTS/EXAMINATIONS
(Relevant for Years 11 and 12 OP)
Fairness to all students and the integrity levels of achievement reported for senior certification requires
that no student be exempted from meeting the mandatory requirements of a syllabus for Authority and
Authority-registered subjects (Years 11 and 12). The judgment of a student’s achievement for an area of
learning is informed by what a student knows and can demonstrate.
If, through non-submission of assessment, a student does not provide this evidence, a judgment cannot
be made. For frequent non-submission of assessment tasks a student has not met the mandatory
requirements of the syllabus and the student and the QCAA must be notified that no result for that
subject will appear on the Senior Statement.
Where mandatory requirements have been met yet the assessment requirements outlined in the syllabus
for awarding exit levels of achievement are incomplete, a student may still receive a level of
achievement but consideration may be given to the number of semesters of credit awarded by the
College for the course of study.
In cases where students do not submit a response to an assessment instrument by the due date,
judgments will be made using evidence available on or before the due date.
DUE DATE
(Years 7 to 12 MYP/ QCAA/ DIPLOMA)
Timely submission of assessments is essential.
Timely submission of assessment is considered to be
by 8.00am on the day it is due by electronic submission via ‘Turnitin’
. A hard copy will be due in
class on the due date or if there is no class then handed to the teacher before school. The work (even if
incomplete) will be marked, commented upon, and credited towards the student’s semester result.
As a first step, a Progress Check or Draft is compulsory for all items of work. Each subject will give
students clear due dates for the draft. This draft is important, as it will serve as the final piece of work if
a student should fail to hand in their final copy. Non submission of progress checks or drafts will mean
that parents will be notified by email.
For predominantly non-written pieces of assessment, e.g. orals and multi modals, the due date for
written support material to be submitted to ‘Turnitin’ will also be 8.00am on the first day of
presentation with all hard copies due on the first day of presentation. Unless otherwise organized by the
class teacher, students must be ready for presentation in class on the due date.
“When you know better you do better” ~
Maya Angelou