Assessment+at+DCS

__ Year 7 Assessments that contribute to your attainment grade in your report __ A term grade is based on the average of all assessments from the start of the course up to the end of that term. ||
 * **// What type of assessment? //** || End of unit tests || Open ended assessed tasks - OEAT || Planning investigation ||
 * **// When? //** || At the end of each unit i.e. about every 3 weeks; on average 3 per term. || Twice in the course i.e. in units 7I and 7F. || One planning investigation in unit 7D. ||
 * **// What is assessed? //** |||| Knowledge and understanding of the science ideas learned in the units and the use of these ideas in novel situations. || Science investigation skills such as design, data collection and processing, conclusion and evaluation. ||
 * **// How much does this type of assessment contribute to your report grade? //** |||||| At any reporting point in the course an average is calculated of the percentages of each type of assessment completed upto that point; each assessment has an equal weighting.

__ Year 8 Assessments that contribute to your attainment grade in your report __ A term grade is based on the average of all assessments from the start of the course up to the end of that term. ||
 * **// What type of assessment? //** || End of unit tests || Open ended assessed tasks - OEAT || Planning investigations ||
 * **// When? //** || At the end of each unit i.e. about every 3 weeks; on average 3 per term. || Twice in the course i.e. in units 8B and 8E. || One planning investigation in unit 8I and 8G. ||
 * **// What is assessed? //** |||| Knowledge and understanding of the science ideas learned in the units and the use of these ideas in novel situations. || Science investigation skills such as design, data collection and processing, conclusion and evaluation. ||
 * **// How much does this type of assessment contribute to your report grade? //** |||||| At any reporting point in the course an average is calculated of the percentages of each type of assessment completed up to that point; each assessment has an equal weighting.

__ Year 9 Assessments that contribute to your attainment grade in your report __ The term 1 and term 2 grades are based on the average of assessments from the start of the course up to the end of that term. The end of year exam has a 50% weighting in the term 3 grade; the remaining 50% is the average of all other assessments i.e. tests, open-ended assessed tasks and planning investigations. ||
 * **// What type of assessment? //** || End of unit tests || Open ended assessed tasks - OEAT || End of year examination || Planning investigations ||
 * **// When? //** || At the end of each unit i.e. about every 3 weeks; on average 3 per term. || One task in the course i.e. in units 9G. || End of the year. || One Investigation in unit 9K. ||
 * **// What is assessed? //** |||||| Knowledge and understanding of the science ideas learned in the units and the use of these ideas in novel situations. || Science investigation skills such as design, data collection and processing, conclusion and evaluation. ||
 * **// How much does this type of assessment contribute to your report grade? //** |||||||| At any point in the course an average is calculated of the percentages of each type of assessment completed up to that point; each assessment has an equal weighting.

__ Grade Boundaries __ Assessments are all awarded a level. Boundaries are not published as they vary from task to task and test to test. Students will be made aware of boundaries before and after assessments.

__ Assessment For Learning __ These are assessments such as quick quizzes, homework, research tasks, posters, presentations, worksheets, ICT tasks and other types of tasks which will not always be scored or graded but are very likely to result in a comment from the teacher on how you should improve your learning of the ideas or skills on which you were assessed.