- The Football Story is a culturally appropriate assessment of oral storytelling and understanding for Aboriginal Students.
- Research has found that Aboriginal students produce longer and more detailed narratives and score better on comprehension questions when using the Football Story as compared to a less culturally appropriate assessment like the Kite Story.
- Tool developed for sampling and profiling oral language skills (at Tier 1, 2 or 3) to identify needs and track development but not for comparing to norms or benchmarks.
- Useful for K –Year 3 students
- It is a parallel story to the Kite Story – part of Time for Talk, a DOE resource
- Approx 10mins administration
- Assessment Resources:
- Time For Talk Manual
- Section A: Introduction & sampling guidelines
- Section B:
- Section C: Making modifications
- Section D: monitoring language
- Section E:
- Time For Talk Manual