CEM (NZ) Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring College of Education The CEM Centre Dr John Boereboom Director Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring (CEM) University of Canterbury Christchurch John.boereboom@canterbury.ac.nz
The Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring Established in 1999 Canterbury University/ Durham University Annually about 350 NZ schools and 70 000 students use our services Evaluates and monitors progress of students, subjects and schools to enable evidence based decision making 4 permanent staff 1 contracted consultant software engineer Team of 9 casual data entry staff
Services provided by CEM Value added assessment; PIPS, MidYIS7, MidYIS9 Student attitude and engagement surveys SATIS and SAES Teacher Engagement Survey TAES School Entrance Tests, entry into Year 7 and 9 (Mathematics, English and Reasoning skills) School competitions College of Education Entry assessments Comprehensive programme of school visits: This year in Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast, Dunedin
Value Added Assessment Baseline potential NCEA/ Curriculum Below Expectation - ve Value-Added Beyond Expectation + ve Value-Added As expected 0 Value-Added
How can schools use the feedback? The comprehensive on-line feedback can be used to: Identify student strengths and weaknesses and set realistic and motivational targets Identify students requiring support Identify and share best practice and measure teachers’ influence on the academic growth rates of students Identify high achievers or under-aspirers Inform departmental planning and the School Strategic Plan Determine where curriculum and instruction is having the greatest impact on student learning Evaluate the effectiveness of programs Community of Learning data sharing
Assessment teaching and research EDEM684: Assessment, Evaluation and Evidence Based Decision Making. Conference presentations: ELF ACER TERNZ Journal articles: Educations Review, Teachers matter
New Developments Online assessment School online registration and feedback College of Education online entrance selection tests TAES and SAES The Great KIWI science, English and mathematics competitions for Year 6, 8 and 10 Website development Demo