Practical Assessment Tasks (PATs)
Learners complete two PATs ‒ one per semester ‒ for formal assessment. This is a set of short practical assessment tasks which make up the main formal assessment of a learner’s skills and application of knowledge during each term. It may be an assignment covering aspects of the design process, or it may be a full capability task covering all aspects of the design process (IDMEC). It is composed of a variety of forms of assessment suited to the range of activities that make up the PAT. The purpose of each PAT is to formalise the practical component of Technology
contextualised within a knowledge focus. Work done ‘off-campus’ outside the direct control of the teacher should normally not form part of the formal assessment record. The preferred tool to be used to assess learner performance in a Practical Assessment
Task is an analytical rubric. Teachers will assess skills and values using analytical rubrics which should have clear descriptors for each level. This means that a descriptor should say why an achievement is deemed to be, say, ‘meritorious’ or ‘elementary’. Schools must take responsibility for providing resources (both tools and materials) needed during the PAT. Learners must complete the PATs for formal assessment under teacher supervision. Teachers will assess the PATs formally.
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