How many opportunities do I need to give my students before I make a judgement of their final grade for a course? How much evidence is enough?
A. Students will demonstrate achievement in relation to outcomes at various times throughout a course. Evidence of achievement can be based on your ongoing observations during teaching and learning or from assessment activities specifically designed to assess achievement at particular points, or from both. The important thing is to give your students a manageable number of opportunities to show in appropriate ways what they know, understand and can do before you make an overall judgement of their achievements. The emphasis should be on the nature and quality of the evidence rather than on the amount of evidence. The evidence you collect should also meet the requirements that the system, school and community may have and should allow you to justify the judgements you have made.
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