2026 Staff Handbook

ASSESSMENT & REPORTING FRAMEWORK

Consistent, evidence-informed assessment and reporting practices are in place across The Lakes, aligned with VTLM 2.0, the Victorian Curriculum, and the school’s focus on learning growth.

1. Assessment Principles at The Lakes • Purposeful : Informs teaching and supports learning growth. • Balanced : Combines formative, summative, diagnostic, and student self-assessment. • Transparent : Students know what success looks like and how to achieve it. • Consistent : Moderated within and across teams. • Evidence -informed: Data is used to improve teaching, not just measure performance.

2. Assessment Practices Overview Type of Assessment Purpose Examples at The Lakes:

Type of Assessment Purpose

Examples at The Lakes

Pre-tests, running records, PAT, Essential Assessment, NAPLAN, writing benchmarks. Exit tickets, questioning, mini quizzes, student conferences, feedback cycles.

Identify prior knowledge, strengths, and needs.

Diagnostic

Formative (Assessment for Learning) Summative (Assessment of Learning)

Inform day-to-day teaching and provide feedback.

Evaluate achievement at key points. Build metacognition and reflection. Ensure consistency and reliability of teacher judgments.

End-of-unit tests, projects, performances, moderated tasks.

Peer & Self- Assessment

Rubrics, traffic-lighting, reflection journals. Team moderation meetings using annotated samples and rubrics.

Moderation

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