Assessment Policy - The International School of Azerbaijan

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The International School of Azerbaijan External Moderation occurs in M5. All Department members aid in the process of standardizing the marks before submission to IB. Post-16 summative assessment tasks are externally assessed, and written feedback is reviewed annually. PROVISIONS FOR LEARNING SUPPORT Some students meet LS coordinator to aid with time-management and other skills, but this does not affect class time. LS coordinator determines necessary modifications. Modifications may include: Modified summative assessment expectations Time allowance for tests/quizzes Extra time to aid with organization and homework diary maintenance Collaboration work with LS department Liaising with homeroom teacher to aid with organizational and time-management skills PROVISIONS FOR ELS Students who are formally designated as ELS are placed in ELS English classrooms. Students who have been exited from the ELS program are placed into English A classrooms. Once placed, English A teachers will meet with ELS Department members to discuss concerns if they arise. PLACEMENT POLICY Essay exams are conducted by admissions office and assessed by the English Department. Students are then placed in ELS or English A accordingly. STUDENT PORTFOLIOS Student portfolios are maintained and reviewed at regular intervals by students and are used to monitor growth and improvement. Portfolios are available to students who leave TISA. They are available for teachers to review student achievement between grades. 14
The International School of Azerbaijan LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT POLICY Middle Years Programme The Criteria Oral communication Criterion A - Oral communication – message and interaction Criterion B - Oral Criterion C - Writing – message and organization Criteria D – Writing – language Criteria E: Reading Comprehension The language department has three sets of criteria, adapted one for M1 and M2, another for M3 and the published MYP criteria are used for M4 and M5. Each criterion is used at least two times each term. At the end of the term the teacher calculates the levels of each criterion to give a term criterion levels total for language B for each student. Students have the opportunity to gain a maximum level of eight (8) for criteria A, B, C and D, and maximum level of sixteen (16) for criterion E. The maximum criterion total for Language B is forty-eight (48). The Language B grade boundaries GRADE BOUNDARIES 1 0 - 8 2 9 - 16 3 17 - 23 4 24 - 30 5 31 - 36 6 37 - 42 7 43 - 48 Post-16 Programme Paper 1: Written response Max. marks/ 10 Written production & Oral component Criterion A : Language Max. marks/ 10 Criterion B : Culture Interaction Max. marks/ 10 Criterion C: Message Max. marks/ 10 TYPES OF ASSESSMENT/ FREQUENCY OF ASSESSMENT Summative This is the assessment of a student‟s achievement reached at the end of stage of the programme. It is designed to measure the final achievement of a student. Each assessment criterion is applied a few times a term. Examples of summative assessment in Language B are: Exams Presentations Essays Brochures Debate 15
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