Post 2: Literature Assessment in St Andrew's

St Andrew's includes both cumulative and summative assessments in their CA and SA marks. Across the entire Sec 2 level, there have only been 2 standard written assignments that all students have to complete. Other than that, different teachers may assign whatever homework they wish each week; at the end of all of this, the marks will be collected, and the teacher of the class will decide which marks she will include in the SA. It is quite flexible, the teacher may choose to take whichever assignment has the highest mark.

For my classes, in addition to the 2 written assignments, I have given short writing assignments of about one or two paragraphs each week, completed in class, as well as given the students a poster task and a mindmapping task to complete. The assessments I have set are generally of a more formal sort because the students cannot be relied on to do group work, or complete projects outside of class time. I have tried to use drama as a form of assessment in class, but I have found that the boys have not taken this seriously, and that their attitudes towards paper assignments allow these to be a more effective form of assessment both of and for learning.

I am sorry this post is so late, I am also willing to bear the consequences of my lateness!