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The Report of the Assessment and Reporting Taskforce

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the full Report of the Taskforce. new window
a summary of the thirteen principles it embodies
a clarification of issues distributed in response to questions about the Report.

The Assessment and Reporting Taskforce was established to:

develop a conceptual framework for assessment and reporting in the Queensland context for Years 1-10
consider the tools for schools and central office directorates necessary to translate the framework into practice
advise on appropriate professional development for teachers and administrators relating to assessment and reporting.

The Taskforce prepared its report through several stages of consultation between an expert panel and a respondent panel from 1 to 5 October 2001. Endorsement of the Report by the Minister in February 2002 heralded the beginning of a 5-year plan to produce a robust assessment and reporting framework for Years 1-10 and, in the immediate future, to 'grow an assessment culture'.

The taskforce recognised that the Queensland education community has produced a vast array of resources to inform curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting and affirmed the view that curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are closely interrelated and interdependent.

The taskforce focused its energies on the relationship between assessment practices, the recording of assessment, and reporting to different audiences. The view taken was that any or all assessment practices could inform the assessment result to be reported. That is, reported assessments could be aggregations, selections or summaries from the wide range of assessments that teachers use.

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