Key dates for Classroom-Based Assessments 2019/2020
The window within which schools can complete Classroom-Based Assessments, SLAR meetings and Assessment Tasks (where relevant) is provided below. Classroom-Based Assessments must be completed within the time period allocated (e.g. 3 weeks, 4 weeks) as specified in the Assessment
Guidelines for each subject. The SLAR meeting should take place no more than a month after completion of the CBA.
Student cohort 2017-2020 (3rd years)
Junior Cycle English, Science, Business Studies, Modern Foreign Languages, Visual Art and Gaeilge Classroom-Based Assessments and Assessment Task (where applicable)
| CBA1 Gaeilge date for portfolio completion |
Friday 22nd November 2019 |
| Latest date for award of provisional descriptors by the teacher |
Friday 29th November 2019 |
Latest date for completion of Subject Learning and Assessment
Review and for award of final descriptors by the teacher |
Friday 6th December 2019 |
| CBA2 Visual Art window for completion |
Monday September 9th 2019 – Friday 29th November 2019 |
| Latest date for award of provisional descriptors by the teacher |
Friday 6th December 2019 |
Latest date for completion of Subject Learning and Assessment
Review and for award of final descriptors by the teacher |
Friday 13th December 2019 |
| CBA2 Science, Business Studies window for completion |
Monday 18th November 2019 – Friday 13th March 2020 |
CBA2 English, MFL earliest date for collection/portfolio completion
latest date for collection/portfolio completion |
Friday 6th December 2019
Friday 13th March 2020 |
| CBA2 Gaeilge window for completion |
Monday 6th January 2020 – Friday 13th March 2020 |
| Earliest date for commencement of Assessment Task |
Monday 6th January 2020 |
Latest date for completion of Subject Learning and Assessment
Review and for award of final descriptors by the teacher |
Friday 3rd April 2020 |
Student cohort 2018 – 2021 (2nd years)
Junior Cycle English, Science, Business Studies, Modern Foreign Languages, Visual Art,
Maths, Music, History, Geography, Home Economics Classroom-Based Assessment 1
CBA11 window for completion English, Science, Business Studies,
Modern Foreign Languages, Visual Art, Maths, History, Geography |
Monday 6th January 2020 to Friday 15th May 2020 |
| CBA1 Music latest date for portfolio completion |
Friday 15th May 2020 |
| CBA1 Home Economics window for completion |
Monday 4th November 2019 to Friday 15th May 2020 |
| Latest date for award of provisional descriptors by the teacher |
Wednesday 20th May 2020 |
| Latest date for completion of Subject Learning and Assessment Review and for award of final descriptors by the teacher |
Wednesday 27th May 2020 |
A 14-week window is available for Visual Art CBA1 with themes issued by the NCCA on 6th January 2020.