Back to VCAA Bulletin No. 46 - March 2019
Using online language assessment resources to assess language learners in your classroom
The VCAA is hosting two webinar sessions for F–10 Language teachers to learn how the suite of online language assessment resources can be used to support teacher assessment practices.
Currently, over 290 schools are registered to use the free online Language Assessments developed by the VCAA with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
The online Language Assessments are:
- a resource that schools may use to support their teaching of Languages from Levels 5–6 onward in the F–10 or 7–10 sequences
- a useful diagnostic tool of student progress in listening and reading
- an online bank of test items available anytime
- capable of providing results immediately.
The two sessions will be of particular interest to teachers of Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish, Levels 5–10.
Session 1: An Introduction to Using the VCAA Online Language Assessments
For teachers unfamiliar with VCAA language assessment resources.
3.45–4.45pm
Tuesday 19 March
Register online
Session 2: Applying the VCAA Online Language Assessments in your Classroom
For teachers with some familiarity with VCAA language assessment resources who would like to start using these resources in the classroom.
3.45–4.45pm
Thursday 21 March
Register online
For more information, go to the
VCAA Professional Learning Languages webpage and the ACER
VCAA Language Assessments webpage.
Seeking expressions of interest to participate in Formative Assessment Rubrics professional learning
To support teachers to use formative assessment rubrics when teaching the Victorian Curriculum F–10, the VCAA has developed the
Guide to Formative Assessment Rubrics (the Guide) with the University of Melbourne's Assessment Research Centre (ARC).
The Guide is designed to assist Victorian teachers to develop and use formative assessment rubrics to progress student learning. It also supports teachers to work together to interrogate the curriculum and use their professional expertise and knowledge to develop rubrics with measurable, student-friendly descriptions of skills and knowledge.
The VCAA seeks expressions of interest from experienced teachers to participate in a series of professional learning workshops based on the principles outlined in the Guide. In the workshops, teachers will develop, trial and refine their own formative assessment rubrics, including gathering and assessing student work.
The free workshops will be held in the Melbourne CBD. The VCAA will cover three days of casual relief teacher payments, and travel and accommodation costs will be covered for regional participants.
For further information, including how to register your expression of interest, go to the Seeking Expressions of Interest for Formative Assessment Rubrics Professional Learning webpage.
Coming soon: New resources to help implement the Victorian Curriculum F–10
Teachers are reminded that the VCAA publishes a range of free F–10 teaching resources across all curriculum areas.
The following are some of the new resources due to be published in Term 1:
- Mathematics – resources unpacking the content descriptions around computational thinking
- Intercultural Capability – teacher guide and sample units of work
- Home Economics – sample units of work.
To find out when new resources become available, refer to the
VCAA Bulletin and subscribe to the F–10 Curriculum Update. For previously published resources, go to the Curriculum Area Advice webpage.