Assessment in the Senior Phase Grade 79

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Assessment in the Senior Phase (Grade 7-9)

• Giving effect to the Grade R-9 Assessment Policy
  (Government Gazette 19640 of 1998)

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Assessment in Grades 7-9

• GRADE 9
• Internal component CASS 75
• External component CTA 25
• GRADE 78
• Internal component CASS 100
• No external component at present

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Continuous Assessment

• 5 forms of assessment per LA
• No form of assessment to exceed 25 of CASS
• Tests exams one form of assessment amongst
  others
• One best example per form for recording
  moderation purposes

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Learners Portfolio

• A purposeful collection of evidence
• One portfolio per learning area
• Can be a box, envelope, folder, etc.
• A minimum of five forms of assessment
• One best example per form of assessment in
  portfolio for moderation
• Declaration of authenticity

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Educators Portfolio

• A compilation of all the instructions for CASS
  tasks as well as
• the corresponding assessment instruments

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Common Task for Assessment Purpose

• External assessment instrument
• Provides information on the validity, reliability
  and fairness of CASS
• Contributes to credibility and public confidence
  in the GETC

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Common Task for Assessment

• Set externally at national level
• Assessed internally
• Two sections
• Section A Preparation for Section B
• Section B Individual tasks under controlled
  conditions

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Common Task for Assessment

• Training provided to educators by EMDC
• Delivered to schools in the 3rd term
• Administered during the 4th term
• Timetable for Section B from 10 November onwards
• Grade 9 only

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ELSEN learners

• Alternative assessment
• to accommodate a learners special education
  needs
• to place LSEN learner on equal footing
• Refer to C2005 Assessment Guidelines for
  inclusion (June 2002)

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Recording of learner achievement

• Record book / file / sheet
• Marks and percentages

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Reporting of learner achievement

• Regular reporting, e.g. formal report cards,
  parents evening, oral, etc.
• Basic information (p.8)
• Strengths and needs
• Comments on each learning area
• Example of a school report card (p.13)

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Moderation

• To ensure fair, reliable and valid assessment
• Moderation per LA
• Portfolios learner educator
• Levels school, cluster, EMDC, province
• UMALUSI (former SAFCERT) has a monitoring role