assessment system poland
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SCHOOL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Beata Kocjan
Students’ progress is monitored on a regular basis and the assessment takes place quite often
Students can be given from 10 – 20 grades per term depending on the teacher
All the marks are registered in a traditional paper register and ranked from 1 (being the lowest) to 3 (the highest)
All the marks are described: vocabulary 1, speaking – theme parks, grammar - tenses
6 is excellent and 1 is bad (failed), 2 means passed
At the end of the term the mean value of them all is calculated (4.1 – 4; 3.7 – 4 )
The grade which appears on the final report is the mean value of all the marks gathered throughout the whole school year
All the rules are stated in the School Assessment System, which is transparent for teachers, parents and students
What are students given marks for
Homeworks – written and oral assignments on almost daily basis, for example:
• daily routine (present simple)• Friday 13th, stories (past tenses)
•Advertisment of a theme park•Descriptions - provide definitions, synonyms, antonyms•Charitable organisations – describe a Polish one
•Ecology - problems, consequences, solutions•Grammar or vocabulary drills
Not always reliable therefore assessed with lower ranks
Speaking, for example:
•Speeches – individual presentations in front of class (vocabulary consolidation, fluency)
•Dialogues, interviews, radio and TV shows based on text mediation (very motivating – a forest of volunteers)
Writing, for example:
•Tests after each coursebook unit, after 2 or even 5 units (the highest rank)
•Vocabulary quizzes – quick translations
•Language functions, everyday situations – quick translations
•Grammar tests covering one or more problems – the final target being the ability to paraphrase structures
A sample of a method based on text mediation
•Lead – in excersises: What does a police dog do?
•Reading comprehension
•Vocabulary work: the teacher highlights important issues
•Students’ pair work : make an interview with a dog handler – use vocabulary from the text, present the results
EXTERNAL EXAMS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
•Based on National Curriculum
•Organised, supervised and assessed by Central Examination Board
•The results are taken into consideration during the recruitment process for the upper secondary level and higher education (methods suitable for ‘producing’ test – wise takers)
EXTERNAL EXAMS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
LOWER – SECONDARY LEVEL UPPER – SECONDARY LEVEL
BASIC LEVEL EXTENDED LEVEL ORAL
BASIC LEVEL
EXTENDED LEVEL
BILINGUAL LEVEL
LOWERBASIC
LOWEREXTENDED
UPPERBASIC
UPPEREXTENDED
UPPERBILINGUAL
COMMONEUROPEANFRAME – WORK
AGE OF STUDENTS
A2
16
A2+
16
A2+/ B1
19
B2 / B2+
19
C1/ C2
19
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