Our vision is for the students at Eastern Goldfields College to achieve high academic, vocational and social standards by fully embracing the learning opportunities within a unique educational domain. The aim of the College Assessment Policy is to encourage students to engage in the academic rigor that Eastern Goldfields College values.

It is designed to ensure fairness for all students in the assessment process and promote a responsible work ethic in which students are accountable for their own achievement. The College will provide students with a number of opportunities to complete assessment work and if the student chooses not to make the most of these opportunities they will be at risk of not achieving their full academic potential.

The guidelines that follow will be upheld by all staff to ensure continuity across the entire College and promote the Principles of Assessment outlined by the Curriculum Council.

Student responsibilities

It is the student’s responsibility to:

• complete all course or subject requirements by the due date
• maintain an assessment file for each course or subject studied and to make it available whenever required
• maintain a good record of attendance, conduct and progress (a student who is absent from a class for five lessons or more per term is deemed to be ‘at risk’ of not completing the course unit or subject requirements)
• initiate contact with teachers concerning absence from class, missed in-class assessment tasks, requests for extension of the due date for out-of-class assessment tasks and other issues pertaining to assessment.

For any late out-of-class assessment task, where the student does not provide a reason which is acceptable to the college, the following penalties apply:

Course units and Subjects	Common Assessment Framework (CAF) subjects
20% reduction in the mark (if submitted one day late) or 40% reduction in the mark (if submitted two days late) or  60% reduction in the mark (if submitted three days late) or  a mark of zero (if submitted more than three days late or not submitted)	the task will be marked and the outcomes will be rated as S (Satisfactory) or ND (Not Demonstrated) if the task is submitted up to one week late the outcomes will be rated as ND (Not Demonstrated) if the task is submitted more than a week late or is not submitted

Note: Where a student is likely to experience difficulty meeting a deadline they must discuss the matter with the teacher at the earliest opportunity before the due date.

For any missed in-class assessment task where the student does not provide a reason which is acceptable to the college, the following penalties apply:

Course units and Subjects	Common Assessment Framework (CAF) subjects
a mark of zero or complete an alternative assessment task at the discretion of the teacher.	the outcomes will be rated as ND (Not Demonstrated) or complete an alternative assessment task at the discretion of the teacher.

If a student does not submit an assessment task or attend a scheduled in-class assessment task, the teacher will contact the parent/guardian to discuss the risk of the student not completing the course unit/subject and to negotiate a solution.

Acceptable reasons for non-submission or non-completion

The penalty for non-submission or non-completion will be waived if the student provides a reason acceptable to the college. For example:

• where sickness, injury or significant personal circumstances for part or all of the period of an out-of-class assessment task prevents completion and submission. 
• where sickness, injury or significant personal circumstances prevents a student attending on the day that an in-class assessment task is scheduled.