Assessment and Reporting of VET Courses in Senior Secondary Certificates

Staffing

P. Griffin, S. Gillis, J. Keating, D. Fennessy, M. Jelinek

Summary

The Assessment Research Centre at the University of Melbourne was commissioned by the Australian National Training Authority to provide advice to ANTA MINCO and MCEETYA, ACACA Agencies and universities on ways of deriving differentiated performance data from VET courses within senior secondary certificates. The primary aim of the project was to develop an understanding of the methods and practices that lead to both a normative score and competency based assessment and the issues raised in bringing together the two different approaches.

Funding Source

Australian National Training Authority

NSW Department of Education and Training

Publications

Gillis, S. (2000). Square Pegs for Round Holes or Best Fit Assessment: Grading Assessment of VET Courses within Senior Secondary Certificates. Paper presented at the VETNETWork 2000 Biennial Conference, 22-24th November 2000, Melbourne.

Griffin, P., Gillis, S., Fennessy, D. (2000). Assessment Reporting of VET Courses Within Senior Secondary Certificates. Sydney: NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training.

Griffin, P. and Gillis, S. (2001)."Competence and Quality: Can We Assess Both?", Paper given at Up-grading Assessment? National One Day Conference, 4th May, 2001.

Griffin, P. Performance Assessment and Rubrics. The University of Melbourne

Gillis, S. & Griffin, P. Competency Based Assessment Guidelines for VET in School Teachers. Draft Teacher Assessment Guidelines. The University of Melbourne

Griffin, P. Moving from relative to absolute assessment. The University of Melbourne

Griffin, P. Lessons from VET basic skills programs. The University of Melbourne

Griffin, P. (1997) Developing Assessment in Schools and Workplaces. Deans Lecture Series, 1997. Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne.

Griffin, P. (1999) Profiling Assessment in the Workplace. Paper presented at NUEITAB Conference, Sydney, 24 November, 1999.

Griffin, P. & Gillis, S. (2001) Using Indicators of Quality to Infer Competence. Paper presented at National ACACA Conference - Bringing Assessment and Curriculum Issues Together, Sydney, 25-27 July, 2001.

Griffin, P. & Gillis, S. (2002) Scored Assessment for VET in Year 12. Melbourne, University of Melbourne.

Griffin, P. (2001) Establishing Meaningful Language Test Scores for Selection and Placement. Studies in Language Testing. University of Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. 11: 97-107

Griffin, P. Outcomes Based Education and Change. The University of Melbourne.

Griffin, P. (2000) Assessment and Reporting in a Standards Referenced Framework. Paper presented at Assessment Conference for New South Wales Association of Independent Schools, Sydney, 23 October, 2000.

Griffin, P. (2002) Competency Assessment: Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Past. Australian New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, 3 (2) 34-59

Gillis, S. Recognition of Needs and Achievements of Rural VET Students. The University of Melbourne.

Griffin, P. (1996) Outcomes Based Education. Interpreting Evidence of Learning. Paper presented at Improving Student Learning Conference, Barton College of TAFE, Melbourne. 31 July, 1996.