Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2015
990. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a concession will be made to teachers on having projects which are at a current level of 50% or over of the final grade, retained within certification, but not so for all the other subjects, resulting in subjects such as art and woodwork having projects for certification, but others such as English and history not having the same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22144/15]
View answerThe "Joint Statement on Principles and Implementation" provides that, in the case of a small number of subjects (Art, Music, Home Economics and the Technology subjects), the second Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) will involve the creation of an artifact or a performance. The formative assessment related to the production of these artefacts and performance will be reported upon by the school to the student and parents/guardians as for all other second CBAs. However, as the finished artefacts and performance are currently marked by the State Examinations Commission (SEC), the artefact or performance will continue to be marked by the SEC. It should be noted that for all other subjects the second CBA will have a formal written Assessment Task (AT) that is submitted to the SEC to be marked along with the terminal examination in the subject for State Certification purposes. The AT will be based on the topic or task undertaken in the second CBA. This means that, following the CBA facilitated by the teacher, the students will complete a written AT in class time which will not be marked by their class teacher, but will be sent for external marking as part of the State Certified examination for that subject.
