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2 September 2016 Senior secondary Number: 058/16
Assessment highlights 2016
Purpose
To notify schools about Assessment highlights 2016, and describe the process for submitting student work to be considered for the publication.
Background
In 2015, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) published Assessment highlights to showcase high quality student work in selected senior authority subjects, from schools across Queensland.
For the inaugural Assessment highlights 2015, student work was collected by the QCAA through annual moderation processes.
This year, schools are being invited to identify and submit exemplary student work for inclusion in the new print edition of the Assessment highlights 2016.
Information
Schools are invited to submit one sample of exemplary student work from Authority subjects in each of the following categories of learning areas (a maximum of three samples in total per school):
• Mathematics or Science
• The Arts, Physical Education, Health or Technologies
• English, Languages, Business or Humanities/Social Sciences
Student work submitted should be:
• the authenticated work of a current Year 12 student, completed as school-based assessment
• of outstanding quality (A qualities for all objectives assessed)
• in alignment with syllabus conditions and requirements for the relevant assessment instrument
• appropriate for publication to a wide and varied audience
• able to be printed in the publication (i.e. no audio or audio-visual material)
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
Assessment highlights 2016
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 2 September 2016 Page 2 of 2
Subjects included in Assessment highlights 2016 will be determined by the number and quality of submissions received, and student work may be published in part or whole.
What you need to do
Further documentation (Guidelines for collecting student work and Questions for teachers and students) will be emailed to all school moderators and principals. Schools wishing to submit examples of top-performing students’ work should read these documents.
All student work and accompanying documentation must be provided on USB or CD and sent to the QCAA at: QCAA, Quality Assurance Unit — Assessment highlights, PO Box 307, Spring Hill, Qld 4004
Student work must be submitted by Friday 14 October, 2016
Do not send original or hard copies of student work. If original copies are required for publishing, QCAA will contact individual schools.
Student work may not be considered if the documentation outlined in Checklist for submitting student work is not included with the submission.
Finding out more
For further information, please email [email protected] or phone 3120 6150.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
