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Meeting in Austria February 2012
SCHOOL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Beata Kocjan

2. Students’ progress is monitored on a regular basis and
the assessment takes place quite often
Students can be given from 10 – 20 grades per term
depending on the teacher
All the marks are registered in a traditional paper
register and ranked from 1 (being the lowest) to 3
(the highest)
All the marks are described: vocabulary 1, speaking –
theme parks, grammar - tenses

3. 6 is excellent and 1 is bad (failed), 2 means passed
At the end of the term the mean value of them all is
calculated (4.1 – 4; 3.7 – 4 )
The grade which appears on the final report is the
mean value of all the marks gathered throughout the
whole school year
All the rules are stated in the School Assessment
System, which is transparent for teachers, parents
and students

5. What are students given marks for
Homeworks – written and oral assignments on almost
daily basis, for example:
• daily routine (present simple)
• Friday 13th, stories (past tenses)
•Advertisment of a theme park
•Descriptions - provide definitions, synonyms, antonyms
•Charitable organisations – describe a Polish one
•Ecology - problems, consequences, solutions
•Grammar or vocabulary drills
Not always reliable therefore assessed with lower ranks

6. Speaking, for example:
•Speeches – individual presentations in front of class
(vocabulary consolidation, fluency)
•Dialogues, interviews, radio and TV shows based on
text mediation (very motivating – a forest of
volunteers)
Writing, for example:
•Tests after each coursebook unit, after 2 or even 5
units (the highest rank)
•Vocabulary quizzes – quick translations

7. •Language functions, everyday situations – quick
translations
•Grammar tests covering one or more problems – the
final target being the ability to paraphrase structures
A sample of a method based on text mediation
•Lead – in excersises: What does a police dog do?
•Reading comprehension
•Vocabulary work: the teacher highlights important
issues

9. •Students’ pair work : make an interview with a dog
handler – use vocabulary from the text, present the
results
EXTERNAL EXAMS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
•Based on National Curriculum
•Organised, supervised and assessed by Central
Examination Board
•The results are taken into consideration during the
recruitment process for the upper secondary level and
higher education (methods suitable for ‘producing’
test – wise takers)

10. EXTERNAL EXAMS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
LOWER – SECONDARY LEVEL UPPER – SECONDARY LEVEL
ORAL
BASIC LEVEL EXTENDED LEVEL
BASIC LEVEL
BILINGUAL LEVEL
EXTENDED LEVEL

11. LOWER LOWER UPPER UPPER UPPER
BASIC EXTENDED BASIC EXTENDED BILING
UAL
COMMON
EUROPEAN A2 A2+ A2+/ B2 / B2+ C1/
FRAME –
WORK
B1 C2
AGE OF
STUDENTS 16 16 19 19 19

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION