Australian History – Areas for Assessment
- Historical knowledge
- Activities: Experiences of the Depression, Stolen Generations - Structured Argument, Australia and the UN: Research Report, A Migrant's Story - Structured Report, People Power
- Changing rights and freedoms
- Activities: Stolen Generations - Structured Argument, People Power
- Research and historical inquiry skills
- Activities: Experiences of the Depression, Stolen Generations - Structured Argument, Australia and the UN: Research Report, A Migrant's Story - Structured Report, People Power
- Communication
- Activities: Experiences of the Depression, Stolen Generations - Structured Argument, Australia and the UN: Research Report, A Migrant's Story - Structured Report, People Power
Areas for assessment provide a framework for structuring an assessment program, and may be used for reporting student achievement. They are derived from the course objectives, so they are linked to the course outcomes. Areas for assessment can be used as organisers for assessment of student achievement.
Good assessment practice involves designing quality assessment activities that enable students to demonstrate their achievements. Teachers can use the areas for assessment when designing an assessment activity, to ensure it is assessing performance in relation to a grouping of outcomes.
In designing the assessment schedule for a course, teachers may find it useful to map each planned assessment activity to one or more of the areas for assessment. This allows teachers to ensure that assessment in relation to outcomes can occur across the year in a manageable way.