Information Processing and
Technology 2010
Work program review checklist — Revised March 2015
Panel code:
A16
Subject code:
087
School:
School code:
District:
Reviewer name:
Date:
Compiled by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
This form is used by panellists when reviewing work programs. It can also be useful for schools to
use as a checklist to ensure that all work program requirements have been met.
Instructions: Indicate Yes or No to the following statements. If your answer is No, please give specific
examples of the problem in the Comments section.
Course organisation
The course organisation shows:
Yes
No
Comments
 topics of study to be studied in each semester
 time allocation for each topic of study
 time allocated for each topic of study is adequate
 220 hours across two-year course of study
 minimum 55 hours per semester indicated
 coverage of core
 core occupies 165–180 hours of the course of study over
the four semesters
 core material will be taken from the six topics of study
 Social and ethical issues and Human–computer
interaction are integrated within other topics of study
 additional material occupies no more than 55 hours of the
course of study over the four semesters
 core and additional material are not treated separately
 four of the six topics are studied in Year 12
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Outline of intended student learning
The scope and depth of the student learning experiences
is demonstrated in:
Yes
No
Comments
Yes
No
Comments
 two sample units of work, including:
 core and additional material studied
 time allocation (in hours)
 demonstration of the dimension/s of the general
objectives
 learning experiences identified
 learning experiences that clearly articulate the integration
of Social and ethical issues and/or Human–computer
interactions
 one unit of work that covers Relational information systems
or Software programming core content
Assessment plan
The assessment plan indicates:
 topic of study to be assessed
 assessment techniques, using the terminology of the
syllabus (Section 6.5)
 dimension/s in which student achievement is to be
assessed
 assessment conditions appropriate for the assessment
technique selected
 formative and summative assessments, such that students
have the opportunity to become familiar with the
assessment techniques that will be used to make
summative judgments
 how principles of exit assessment are covered, including:
 that information is gathered through a process of
continuous assessment
 that judgments about students’ achievements in all
assessable general objectives are made a number of
times using a variety of assessment techniques and a
range of assessment conditions
 all three dimensions will be assessed in each assessment
instrument (except for product assessment — minor project)
 verification requirements are met:
 a minimum of four and a maximum of six assessment
instruments from Year 12
 at least one instrument that demonstrates all steps of the
software development cycle or the information system
development cycle
 At least one supervised assessment, one extended
response assessment and one product assessment
 post-verification assessment
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Work program review checklist — Revised
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
March 2015
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Additional comments
Recommendation for approval
Approved
Not approved
Action to be taken:
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March 2015
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