Teacher Assessment - Unit Expectations

QCA recommend that one way of assessing ICT is to use the unit expectations.  The unit expectations are given at the start of each unit and divided into three groups.  These are:

most children will....

some children will not have made so much progress and will....

some children will have progressed further and will....

They also suggest that you only record those pupils that acheive above or below the expected level, i.e. not those that fall within the 'most children will'.  

The main purpose of these recording forms is to provide teachers with a form of summative end of unit assessment on pupils achievement and progress.

The forms are designed to provide an ongoing record of achievement in ICT through the primary school years.  They should enable teachers to identify progress and development needs.  The records will also be a useful tool in helping teachers to determine pupils’ level of ICT capability at the end of the year, if viewed alongside appropriate evidence in the form of samples of children’s work. 

Pupils could also take them on with them to their next school, as a record of what they have learned. 

The recording forms are based on the units of the QCA scheme of work for ICT.  However, if schools are not making use of the QCA then the content can be modified to suit school needs, as appropriate.

 

Ways of using the forms

The record forms have been created in Microsoft Excel format to give increase functionality and the help schools move towards electronic assessment.  Each Year Group file contains a worksheet for the appropriate QCA units, i.e. Year 1 - Unit 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f.  On opening the file click on the first worksheet (E.g. Unit 1A) and type in the names of the pupils in your class.  These names will be automatically copied through to all the worksheets in the file.  As you are teaching the units of work look at the expectations and decided which expectation best describes pupil achievements.  Each of the expectations is colour coded as follows:

most children will.... (white/no colour)

some children will not have made so much progress and will.... (yellow)

some children will have progressed further and will.... (blue)

Simply highlight each pupil (using the highlighter function within Excel) with the apropriate colour and you have a extremely visual and easy to interpret record of achievement.  If you want to add a additional information about a pupil or group of pupils this can be done in the teachers comment box.

Teacher Assessment Proformas - Unit Expectations for Year 1

Teacher Assessment Proformas - Unit Expectations for Year 2

Teacher Assessment Proformas - Unit Expectations for Year 3

Teacher Assessment Proformas - Unit Expectations for Year 4

Teacher Assessment Proformas - Unit Expectations for Year 5

Teacher Assessment Proformas - Unit Expectations for Year 6