The concept of collecting "Naturally Occurring" evidence to demonstrate learning means that all teachers - not just the English teachers - need to pay attention of how students gain literacy knowledge in their class. This also de-emphasises the traditional planned assessment models to stress that students demonstrate multiple abilities in all settings - not just when assessed!
Screenshot from: http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Using-evidence-for-learning
Evidence is now on process: teachers must take early action - for instance in identifying which students will definitely need the literacy standards pathways and those who may need them [at-risk]. The third group of students can go through the regular pathway of gaining the necessary credits through the (traditional) achievement standards pathway.
The following slide is from an NZQA presentation collected on the topic. It represents how evidence of competence in literacy may be collected over time:
More information on naturally occurring literacy competency for Unit Standards (Achievement Standards coming soon!) demonstrating students' "Active participation in spoken discussions".
Evidence collection sheets for Unit Standards... Achievement Standards coming soon.
The following links are for general reference:
- Examples of activities designed to enable the collection of naturally occurring evidence for the Literacy and Numeracy unit standards
- Collecting evidence for literacy across curriculum subjects (CORE document)
