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IG Assessment @ DCS
__ Y10 Assessments That Contribute To Your Attainment Grade In Your Report __
 * **// What type of assessment? //** || End of topic tests || End of year examination || Investigations ||
 * **// When? //** || Usually at the end of a larger topic or related smaller topics. At least two tests in terms 1 and 2. || End of the year. || Minimum of one investigation/lab report. If multiple investigations are reported the best report is selected. ||
 * **// What is assessed? //** |||| Knowledge and understanding of the science ideas, concepts and skills learned in the topics covered by the test and the using of these ideas in novel situations. || Science investigation skills such as design, data collection and processing, conclusion and evaluation. ||
 * **// How much does this type of assessment contribute to your report grade? //** |||||| The Term 1 grade is based on the cumulative topic test average, of all topic tests during Term 1.

The Term 2 grade is based on the cumulative topic test average, of all topic tests during Term 1 and Term 2.

The Term 3 grade has the following weighting: 50% end of year examination, 40% topic tests over the three terms plus 10% best investigation / lab report.

n.b. Any topic test taken too late in the term to contribute to the report grade will contribute instead to the following term or year. ||

__ Y11 Assessments That Contribute To Your Attainment Grade In Your Report __ Paper 1 - 2hr: assesses the content that is not in bold in the subject specification. Paper 2 - 1hr: assesses all content including the content in bold that is in the subject specification. || 50% end of year examination, 40% topic tests (Y10 and Term 1), plus 10% best investigation / lab report.
 * **// What type of assessment? //** || End of topic tests |||| Mock examination ||
 * **// When? //** || Usually at the end of a larger topic or related smaller topics. At least two end of topic tests in term 1. |||| At start of term 2.
 * **// What is assessed? //** |||| Knowledge and understanding of the science ideas, concepts and skills learned in the topics covered by the test and the use of these ideas in novel situations. || Science investigation skills such as design, data collection and processing, conclusion and evaluation. ||
 * **// How much does this type of assessment contribute to your report grade? //** |||||| The Term 1 grade has the same composition as the Y10 Term 3 grade:

The mock examination grade in term 2 has the following weighting:


 * Paper 1: 67 %
 * Paper 2: 33 %

// This is the same weighting as in the external exam in May/June. //

The Term 2 grade has the following weighting: 50% mock examination, 50% Term 1 grade.

n.b. Any topic test taken too late in the term to contribute to the report grade will contribute instead to the following term. ||

__ Grade Boundaries __ N.B. grade boundaries maybe adjusted for some assessments, e.g. mock examination boundaries are likely to change to reflect the difficulty of the exam.
 * || A* || A || B || C || D || E || F || G || U ||
 * All tests || 85 || 75 || 65 || 50 || 45 || 40 || 35 || 25 || 0 ||

__ Assessment For Learning __ These are assessments such as homework, research tasks, posters, worksheets, presentations, ICT tasks and other types of tasks. Such informal assessments will not always be scored or graded but are very likely to result in a comment from the teacher emphasizing the strengths about your learning and suggesting how you can make further progress to improve your attainment in the subject.