Literacy and English assessment

​​Tools and guidance to help you assess student literacy.

In Victoria​​​

• Insight Assessment Platform
• Annotated Student Work Samples in reading, viewing, writing, speaking and listening to help teachers moderate marking of work and assess students’ progress against standards.
• Guide to Formative Assessment Rubrics(exposure draft for trialling and feedback) focusing on the use of assessment rubrics to improve learning, provides advice to teachers on how to assess students’ knowledge and use the information to plan teaching and learning.
• English Online Interview (EOI) for assessing the English skills of students from Foundation to Level 2.
  
• Auditory Processing Assessment Kit (APAK) is a free online screening tool to assist teachers in identifying students, in Foundation to Year 10, who are experiencing auditory processing difficulties.
• Diagnostic Assessment Tools in English (DATE) can be used both as a follow up to the English Online Interview or as a stand-alone assessment option at any time of the year.
• Abilities Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES) allows teachers to assess students with disabilities.

• Tools to Enhance Assessment Literacy (TEAL)supports high-quality assessment practices for teachers of English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in Foundation - Year 10.
• On-Demand Testing in English and Mathematics

National: N​​​APLAN

National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) produces data essential for whole-school planning and for relaying student progress in literacy and numeracy to parents and families, in a summative report.

International: PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a survey administered to 15-year-old students in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

It assesses their ability to apply their knowledge and skills to real-life problems and situations. It is a measure of students' performance in reading, mathematical and scientific literacy and problem-solving.