{"id":1372,"date":"2014-08-04T15:31:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T14:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?page_id=1372"},"modified":"2016-09-09T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:52:53","slug":"7-0-initial-computing-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?page_id=1372","title":{"rendered":"7.0 Baseline Computing Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED [9th September 2016]<\/p>\n<p>This is a range of assessment activities to assess learners against the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.computingatschool.org.uk\/resources\/1692\" target=\"_blank\">Computing Progression Pathways<\/a> by Computing at School. To use the activities a\u00a0basic knowledge of Google Forms and Sheets is assumed and guides on these tools are freely available online.<\/p>\n<p>Once purchased you have <strong>unlimited use of these resources within your school<\/strong>, they are <strong>not limited by number of students<\/strong> and there is <strong>no yearly subscription<\/strong>. Once the assessment activities have been purchased they are for sole use by the named school only and may not be shared outside of that organisation. A separate Google Form is set up for each school and any unauthorised sharing may be tracked to the individual concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The Baseline Computing Assessment consists of <strong>three student activities<\/strong> and a <strong>Teacher\u2019s Tracker<\/strong> spreadsheet. The three student activities consist of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Baseline Test<\/strong> \u2013 This is a self-marking Google Form, it gives students instant feedback with the exception of free text answers as this feature does not exist within the Google Forms framework.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scratch Programming Activities<\/strong> \u2013 Two teacher-assessed programming activities in Scratch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Desktop Publishing Activity<\/strong> \u2013 This is a teacher-assessed IT based activity in which students are required to improve and evaluate a given poster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is estimated that all assessment activities should be completed in three to four lessons, depending on ability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Teacher&#8217;s Tracker<\/strong>\u00a0is an Excel Spreadsheet designed to track learners\u2019 progress. When statements are awarded<strong> levels are automatically generated for each strand of the Computing curriculum<\/strong> along with an overall level on the Overview sheet. Strands assessed are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Algorithms<\/li>\n<li>Programming &amp; Development<\/li>\n<li>Data &amp; Data Representation<\/li>\n<li>Hardware &amp; Processing<\/li>\n<li>Communication &amp; Networks<\/li>\n<li>Information Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the responses from the\u00a0Baseline Test are copied and pasted into the Teacher&#8217;s Tracker, each of the relevant statements is<strong> automatically populated and a Computing Level is awarded automatically<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These resources, along with guidance on usage can be purchased using the link below or\u00a0from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?page_id=1591\">store page<\/a>. Once you have purchased the resources you will be prompted to provide a valid Google email address and your school name so a Baseline Test can be set up. Please allow 48 hours after purchase for this to be received. All other resources can be downloaded immediately.<\/p>\n<p>[simpleecommcart_add_to_cart id=&#8221;7&#8243; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED [9th September 2016] This is a range of assessment activities to assess learners against the Computing Progression Pathways by Computing at School. 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