Modern History 2004
Work program review checklist — Revised July 2014
Panel code: / B39 / Subject code: / 0021
School:
School code: / District:
Reviewer name: / Date: / 6/12/2018
Compiled by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority

This form is used by panellists when reviewing work programs. It can also be useful for schools to use as a checklist to ensure that all work program requirements have been met.

Instructions: Indicate Yes or No to the following statements. If your answer is No, please give specific examples of the problem in the Comments section.

Course organisation

The course organisation shows: / Yes / No / Comments
There is an outline of the full two-year course of study.
The course outline summarises the sequence of themes and inquiry topics.
The course outline includes briefer studies (background, comparative and linking).
The time allocations are appropriate (each inquiry topic minimum 18 hours).
The course meets minimum requirements.
If a school-based theme is developed, the syllabus requirements are met (syllabus 5.2.1).

Outline of intended student learning

The scope and depth of the student learning experiences in two sample units of work is demonstrated in: / Yes / No / Comments
The program provides a more detailed explanation of the course organisation that includes:
  • outline of the context and coherence of the themes and inquiry topics selected for the two-year course of study

  • an explanation of the role of bridging, comparative, background and linking studies in providing coherence to the course of study

  • a statement indicating a commitment to the process of historical inquiry that is integrated into the themes.

Assessment plan

The assessment plan indicates: / Yes / No / Comments
  • a range and balance of assessment instruments, across the four categories of assessment, used to gather information about students’ achievement

  • each assessment instrument to be administered

  • the proposed time allocation and conditions of each instrument

  • for each assessment instrument, the criteria for which student achievement is to be assessed

  • whether the instrument is formative or summative.

The assessment plan indicates the minimum requirements for the testing of criteria for verification and exit folios of student work (syllabus 8.7 Table 2).
The appropriate categories of assessment, required for the composition of verification and exit folios of students, are evident in the assessment plan (syllabus 8.7 and 8.8 Table 2).

Sample student profile

Yes / No / Comments
The profile is included.
The profile allows for the recording of:
  • assessment task and category

  • whether the task is formative or summative

  • date of completion of assessment

  • criteria being assessed

  • interim standards and an interim level of achievement at monitoring

  • standards and level of achievement at verification

  • exit standards

  • exit level of achievement.

Additional comments

Recommendation for approval

Approved / Not approved
Action to be taken:
Modern History 2004
Work program review checklist — Revised July 2014 / Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
July 2014
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