AUSVELS Standards and Assessment

Standard Assessment (what kind, and when)

ECONOMICS

Includes formal, informal, formative, summative
Economic reasoning and interpretation: Students explain how
[current economic conditions] can influence decisions made by
consumers [and] producers. They 'demonstrate an awareness of the
impact of values and beliefs on economic issues, and how
differences may be identified, negotiated, explained and possibly
resolved.'

Economic Knowledge and Understanding: Students discuss and
explain what it means to be an ethical consumer and producer and
identify examples of ways values can affect the economic decision
making of consumers, producers and governments.

W 1 L 1: Informal assessment of prior learning (check in, top up)



W 1 L2, W 4 L 1 (informal assessment of discussion)


W4 *Formative (peer and teacher) assessment (of Campaign
journals)
W5 *Summative assessment (of presentations)

ENGLISH

They develop their own style by experimenting with language
features, stylistic devices, text structures and images.

Students interpret, create, evaluate, discuss and perform [...] texts
designed to inform and persuade.

They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group
discussions building on others' ideas, solving problems, justifying
opinions and developing and expanding arguments



W 5: Presentations (formal assessment of live presentation by
groups, and of submitted written/visual/audio/other materials)

W 1 L 1; W 3 L1 (informal, formative assessment)
W1 W 6: Teacher observation of group work throughout unit
(informal, formative)

W 4 L 1: Formative peer assessment of Campaign journals
W 5 6: Feedback and reflection sheets (submitted)
ICT Capability
Creating with ICT: Students use ICT to generate and manage digital
solutions to challenges arising from learning activities or responding
to a need or creative intention.

Communicating with ICT: Students develop [] a sense of the
audience, the form of communication, the techniques used []


General capability: Intercultural understanding

W1 use of Popplet (informal formative assessment)


W 1 L1 analysing comms techniques used in music video
W2 - 5 use of Evernote or other apps (in final version of
Campaign journal)
W 5 Presentation (formal summative assessment)
W2 5 use of student-selected ICT tools for creation of and
presentation of campaign

Students [] come to understand how personal, group and national
identities are shaped, and the variable and changing nature of
culture.
Students move from their known worlds to explore new ideas and
experiences related to specific cultural groups through opportunities
provided in the learning areas.
Students recognise the need to engage in critical reflection about
[] differences, seeking to understand them.
Students use reflection to better understand the actions of
individuals and groups in specific situations []
W5 *Summative assessment includes ICT use in presentations


Formative (teacher observation) during campaign creation,
group work processes

W5-6 *Summative assessment of presentations


W 6 L 1-2 Reflections post-presentation
Cross curriculum priority (Asia) W 4 Formative assessment of Campaign journal (to what extent
they show understanding of Asian market in planning campaign)
W 5-6 Summative assessment: Presentation (requires Intercultural
understanding of their target (Asian) markets)