1 / 19

Enhancing Learning: Using QCATs for Consistent Teacher Judgments

This workshop introduces QCATs and demonstrates how they support learning by building consistency in teacher judgments. Explore the five components of the QCAR Framework and learn how QCATs, authentic and performance-based assessments, enhance critical thinking, and provide opportunities for students to excel. Discover how QCATs target Essential Learnings, incorporate Standards, and offer comprehensive information for school planning. Gain insights into achieving consistency in teacher judgments through QCATs, with evidence, agreement, and standards. Learn how teachers collaborate in QCAT processes and how to implement them effectively in schools. Receive guidance on preparing, providing special provisions, and ensuring student attendance for QCAT assessments. Reporting to parents and carers is also covered, including sample reports and more information on the QCAR Framework.

teal
Download Presentation

Enhancing Learning: Using QCATs for Consistent Teacher Judgments

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Workshop 9 Using QCATs to support learning

  2. Workshop aims To introduce the QCATs To show how QCATs support learning and build consistency of teacher judgments

  3. The five components of the QCAR Framework

  4. What are QCATs? Authentic, performance-based assessments that: • involve solving meaningful problems • emphasise critical thinking and reasoning • provide students with the opportunity to do their best work • target a selection of Essential Learnings and incorporate the Standards

  5. QCATs support learning by: • building consistency of teacher judgments • modelling quality assessment • providing information to teachers, students and parents about: • what students know and can do • what is working well • what needs attention.

  6. QCAT design QCATs focus on a targeted selection of Essential Learnings in English, Mathematics and Science in Years 4, 6 and 9. • QCATs may be: • centrally devised • school-devised. QCATs provide comprehensive information that support schools in their planning.

  7. Achieving consistency in teacher judgments StandardsEvidence Agreement

  8. QCATs support consistency of teacher judgments Assessment: Design brief Standards: Guide to making judgments Evidence: Sample student responses Agreement: A shared understanding about the application of the Standards to the evidence

  9. How teachers work with QCATs • Teachers are involved in decisions about: • preparation • implementation • making judgments • moderation • evaluation • feedback

  10. Available from the QSA website only

  11. Using QCATs as a strategy to support learning

  12. Implementing QCATs • Preparation • Special provision • Student attendance

  13. Implementing QCATs in your school • Using QCATs to support learning and consistency of teacher judgments

  14. A report to parents/carers provides an overall grade on each of the QCATs, using the five-point standards scale (A–E). The overall grade is assigned to the student work by the class teacher. QCATs reporting Sample report

  15. Reporting sample

  16. More information on the QCAR Framework Website: www.qsa.qld.edu.au Email: office@qsa.qld.edu.au

More Related