The Professional Development Consortium run by the Universities of Oxford and Reading have just published draft versions of their alternative assessment system for MFL at KS3&4. It looks very interesting offering 5 Levels across KS3 and 4 with 2 sub levels at each level thus providing an all through system from beginners to top grades at GCSE (like the ASSET languages ladder - which goes all the way up to Mastery, i.e. uni level).
The two receptive skills are grouped together as their assessment is very similar and the same is true for the two productive skills. The success criteria are made clear and different sources of evidence are taken into account.
The question is: will this be taken on by the government or schools to replace the existing system or would this add an extra layer of assessment, i.e. work?
So, go and check it out on the PDC in MFL blog here and leave a comment!
The two receptive skills are grouped together as their assessment is very similar and the same is true for the two productive skills. The success criteria are made clear and different sources of evidence are taken into account.
The question is: will this be taken on by the government or schools to replace the existing system or would this add an extra layer of assessment, i.e. work?
So, go and check it out on the PDC in MFL blog here and leave a comment!
