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Student Assessment And Reporting Information System (SARIS) Project
The SARIS Project aims to provide a system that will assist teachers and school leaders by:
- supporting teaching, learning and assessment practice through the recording of student achievements;
- providing professional learning for teachers to effectively and efficiently use ICT in the assessment recording component of the teaching and learning cycle;
- enabling the efficient recording of assessment and/or comments, to be used for reporting;
- providing a framework for the implementation of the Essential Learnings Framework 2;
- providing a continuous student assessment record; and
- meeting ‘Learning Together’ and ‘Tasmania Together’ goals.
If approved, the goal is to have SARIS in place in time to support teachers in assessing and reporting against the outcomes and standards of the Essential Learnings Framework in 2005 as well as existing assessment frameworks. It is intended that
SARIS will be the required tool for all schools and colleges for the recording of assessments and will support reporting to parents/carers.
To date, over 20 schools and colleges have been closely involved in the
writing of functional specifications for SARIS and another 80 have provided
significant input about the needs of schools and colleges in the recording of
assessment information. A similar consultation will take place in early 2003 to
enable reporting functionality requirements to be identified. Schools and
colleges will be given an opportunity to express interest in being involved in
this process.
For more information about SARIS, please contact Nigel Cross, Senior Project
Officer, on 03 6233 2721.
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