Stage 1 English as an Additional Language Benchmarking Sample 2

Online Benchmarking Activity
Stage 1 English as an Additional Language – Sample 2

Benchmarking your assessment decisions involves:

Reading the performance standards and viewing a set of student work
Making an assessment decision (with colleagues or independently)
Comparing and benchmarking your assessment decision with the statewide decision

Before you commence the 3 activities, please provide the name of your school.

School name

As a guide, view the student work to build an initial interpretation. Identify where each specific feature lies to confirm the grade. Step back to consider the evidence and specific features as a whole to make a final decision.

Tips:

Scan the student folios as a whole and then focus on evidence in specific tasks. It is neither expected, nor necessary, for you to read and mark every piece of work in the benchmark sample.

Avoid distracters and evidence that is not relevant to the performance standards (e.g. effort, untidy work).
If the respective weightings of the assessment types differ significantly (> 20%),focus on the evidence in the assessment type with the greatest weighting first

Keep track of time; 20 - 30 minutes should be sufficient to scan the sample, make a decision and reflect on the statewide benchmark decision. Monitor the time used to complete the activity if you find that it is taking longer than 30 minutes please note that benchmarking does not require you to read in detail and mark the pieces of work presented.

Access performance standards and student work

Please note that clicking on the 'Access performance standards and student work' link above will prompt your computer to download and open the performance standards and student work sample in a new tab. You will need to navigate back to this page/tab when you are ready to record your final assessment decision.

Record your final assessment decision and three key features you identified in the student work that support your final assessment decision.

Key feature 1

Key feature 2

Key feature 3

Final assessment decision*

A B C D E

Consider the evidence and specific features as a whole and make a final decision.

Click the submit button to receive the statewide benchmark decision.

Use the annotated performance standards and student evidence to compare your decision with the statewide benchmark decision. This involves not only comparing the overall assessment decisions but also comparing the key features you identified with the key featutes identified in the annotated student evidence.

Please note that these benchmarks represent the statewide benchmark decision as such Stage 1 moderators will use these materials as a reference point during the 2016 Stage 1 moderation process.