Revised arrangements for the completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs) for students in third year and second year in 2022/2023
Following representations by the ASTI and engagement with the Department of Education and other stakeholders, the following revised arrangements for the completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs) for students in third year and second year in 2022/2023 have been published by the NCCA. It is expected that revised individual subject adjustments to accompany these measures will be published shortly. These arrangements are intended to account for the fact that students experienced disrupted periods of learning in 2020 and in 2021 because of school closures introduced to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the cohort of students who are currently in third year, the following assessment arrangements for Classroom-Based Assessments apply:
- Each student must complete a minimum of one CBA in each subject and one CBA in each short course.
- Students from this cohort will not be required to complete Assessment Tasks.
- School management, following consultation with relevant teachers (and where feasible, discussion with students), have autonomy to decide whether to complete one or two CBAs in each subject. These decisions will be taken in light of the factors arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and their impacts on students and schools, which vary from school to school and in respect of which schools themselves are best positioned to decide.
There will be some exceptions to the choices made by schools:
- to ensure assessment of oral communications skills, students must complete CBA 1: Oral Communication in Modern Foreign Languages and CBA 2: Communicative Task in Gaeilge.
- as they are linked in each case with the final examination in the subject, students studying Visual Art, Home Economics, Music, Applied Technology, Engineering, Graphics and Wood Technology must complete CBA 2.
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It is expected that revised individual subject adjustments to accompany these measures will be published shortly. Keep an eye on the ASTI website for updates.
