PROGRAMME OF ASSESSMENT
The Programme of Assessment is designed to spread formal assessment tasks in all subjects in a school throughout a term. A programme for assessment must be drawn up by the school indicating the dates on which tasks will be done.
duration:
11 Months
Author:
Joy House
Complexity:
NSC Standard
skill level:
Primary to High School
Subject requirements
Requirements for the compilation of a task is given in percentages. Where the programme indicates 20 per cent for a language skill it means that in the final allocation of marks for that language skill should be 20 per cent of the total and not twenty marks. Schools are not limited to a number of marks allocated to a language skill as long as the weighting for each language skill is observed for each task according to the percentage allocated in the assessment programme. For example in Grade 4, a language knowledge test may be set for 50 marks or more, as long as the final weighting does not exceed the weighting indicated in the assessment programme.
In Writing parts of the planning process or the whole process should be assessed at least once per term. The lengths of texts for writing as indicated in Section 3.3 should be strictly adhered to.
Examinations
Content for the examination should be drawn from the work done in the period preceding the examination and should be a selection of skills and activities that will enable the learner to show that he/she is ready to engage with the work in the next period/year.
The examination will consist of the following:
Reading comprehension, including vocabulary work
Writing of a short creative text, including appropriate and correct usage of format, grammar, punctuation and spelling
Writing of a short transactional (information/media/social) text, including appropriate and correct usage of format, grammar, punctuation and spelling
Language Structures and Conventions to show knowledge and understanding of grammar, punctuation and spelling
Listening and Speaking skills will not be assessed as part of the examination as these are best assessed over a longer period of time. However, it is expected that a summative mark, based on the formal assessments done for Listening and Speaking, will be allocated as an examination mark.
