P6 Parent-Teacher Meeting 24 Jan 2015 WELCOME P6 Parent-Teacher Meeting 24 Jan 2015

Outline Important PSLE Dates Preparing your child PSLE T-Score Posting Method Selection of Schools DSA

Important PSLE Dates* Oral Exam (EL & MT) 20 and 21 Aug 2015(Thu & Fri) Listening Comprehension (EL & MT) 18 Sep 2015 (Fri)

Important PSLE Dates Written Exam 1 - 7 October 2015 English Math Mother Tongue Science Higher Mother Tongue PSLE Marking Exercise 19-22 October 2015

1st Week of Nov/Dec Holidays 3 days after releasing of results Important Dates 2015 Distribution of Booklets Sep 1st Week of Nov/Dec Holidays PSLE Results Option Form Submission & Capturing 3 days after releasing of results Here is a list of important dates for PSLE students. All PSLE students should receive the S1 Posting Information Booklets through the primary schools in end-Aug. Barring any unforeseen situation, the PSLE results will be released on 22 Nov. The option exercise will be from 22-27 November. All option forms will have to be submitted by 27 Nov, before 3.00 pm to the primary schools. The posting results are to be released on 22 Dec and students will need to report to the secondary school posted on 23 Dec. Posting Results Dec* Day after Posting Results* Reporting to Sec School

What is the school doing … Right mindset Confidence Motivation Stress & Time Mgt Teacher Deployment Class arrangements Options & Opportunities EMOTIONAL PHYSICAL PUPILS INTELLECTUAL Communications With Parents School Leaders’ Involvement Subject Mastery Exam Skills

A pupil who can do well … Drive and interest to give off the best The right attitude Consistent effort – goes the extra mile Stays focused and pays attention – listens to teacher Good quality work – prompt and neat Keeps a schedule and tracks his /her performance Good time & stress management Reads widely

Subjects taken at PSLE English Lang 100% Mother Tongue 100 % Maths 100 % Science 100 % Higher mother tongue is not included in the computation of PSLE aggregate score Any aggregate of 250 and above will be given HMT or 3rd language option

PSLE Aggregate Incorporates performance of pupils in all 4 subjects Allows pupils to be ranked fairly

Different subjects have different levels of difficulty Why use T- Score Different subjects have different levels of difficulty So are the spread of marks from the average mark, i.e. the standard deviation (spread = standard deviation)

What is T-Score It gives the relative position of a pupil’s performance as compared to the performance of all the other pupils in that subject The raw mark obtained in the exam only shows how good the pupil is in that subject, not how good he is as compared to others Elaborate on SPREAD: As how ell the pupils’ performance are spread across the possible mark range. In some sense, spread denotes how precise a given test (as an instrument) Proceed s to the next slide to illustrate the concept of SPREAD as Precision of instrument.. The extent to which the test is ble to distinguish the performance of the pupils.

PSLE T-Score T-score 50 + 10 ( X - Y ) Z X = pupil’s mark for the subject Y = average mark scored by all pupils Z = spread of marks around the average mark (Standard Deviation)

T- Score Pupil’s mark for the subject = 80 Average mark scored by all pupils = 60 Spread of marks around the average mark = 20 T-score = 50 + 10 (80 - 60) 20 = 60

A need for standardisation of the raw scores Transformed Score or T-Score The previous slide showed that different subjects appeared to have different standard and thus there is a need to standardise the marks before aggregating them. This is done through the use of T-Score.

Example 1 Subject Raw Score Mean SD T-Score EL 80 50 20 65 Maths 90 19 71 Science 60 15 70 MT (CL) 63 Aggregate score for this pupil is ….. 65 + 71 + 70 + 63 = 269

Example 2 Subject Raw Score Mean SD T-Score EL 80 50 20 65 Maths 90 19 71 Science 60 15 70 MT (CL) 63 Pupil scores 90 marks for both Maths & Science but has a higher T-score in Maths

Example 3 Subject Raw Score Mean SD T-Score EL 80 50 20 65 Maths 90 19 71 Science 60 15 70 MT (CL) 63 Pupil scores 80 marks for both EL & CL but has a higher T-score in EL

Aggregate calculation English Paper: Ave marks, Y = 85; Std Dev, Z = 25 Maths Paper: Ave marks, Y = 50; Std Dev, Z = 10 T(Subject) = 50 + 10 (X – Y)/Z Raw score (X) EL MA Total Pupil A 95 (A*) 80 (A) 175 Pupil B 90 83 173 T-score EL MA Total Pupil A 54 80 134 Pupil B 52 83 135 A pupil scoring 3A* could end up having an aggregate less than one scoring 3A.

Selection of Secondary Schools Put in 6 choices of secondary schools In order of preference

Choice of Secondary School Academic Ability of Child Type of School and Programmes Available Distance from Home Schools’ previous year posting aggregate ranges Distance of school from Home Affiliated Schools Direct school Admission

Posting of Pupils 285 284 263 240 and below By Merit : Rank all PSLE students by their PSLE Scores By Merit : 285 284 263 240 and below

By Choice 285 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 284 263 FULL FULL

After 6 choices…… Postal District Group Postal District

Our appeal to you ….. Set realistic expectations Provide a conducive study environment at home Monitor work and Motivate child Work hand in hand with teachers An eye on child’s Cyber world

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