AMA HODs Day 18 May 2012

Current Issues in External Assessment Standards alignment, levels 1, 2, 3 Grade-score marking Level 1 external standards in 2012 Scholarship review

Current Issues in External Assessment Standards alignment, levels 1, 2, 3 NZC (2007) / Standards 1 hour assessment per standard Single achievement criterion at each level Subject and Course endorsement Exemplars

Current Issues in External Assessment Grade-score marking N0, N1, N2: Not achieved A3, A4: low and high Achieved M5, M6: low and high Merit E7, E8: low and high Excellence Better judgement around grade boundaries Better match of student ability and final grade Allows all evidence to count Gives a mechanism for aggregating question grades

Current Issues in External Assessment Grade-score marking Assessment schedule defines evidence for N0 to E8 for each question Cut-score meeting – decides grade boundaries based on comparison of candidate work and standard For a 3 question exam paper, max score is 24. –Minimum total score for A is 7 –Minimum for M is 13 –Minimum for E is 19 –but cut scores can be set higher

Current Issues in External Assessment Approx distribution of L1 results (%) YearNAME

Current Issues in External Assessment Approx number of L1 candidates gaining result Year Ave No of results per std NAME

Current Issues in External Assessment Level 1 standards now in their second year AS MCAT AS Tables & Graphs AS Geom. Reason. AS Chance & Data 2011 entries

Current Issues in External Assessment MCAT Dates 1 August – schools nominate day(s) and order papers 11, 12 Sept – school PNs receive papers 18, 19 Sept – students sit MCAT 24 Sept – assessment schedule online 24 Sept to 29 Oct – schools enter provisional results 23 Nov to 7 Dec – final results entry

Current Issues in External Assessment Scholarship review Statistics Based on the 4 Statistics AOs of the NZC –1. Carry out investigations using the statistical enquiry cycle –2: Make inferences from surveys and experiments –3: Evaluate a wide range of statistical reports –4: Investigate situations that involve elements of chance 7 standards ( 3.8 – 3.14)

Current Issues in External Assessment Scholarship review Calculus Based on the 12 Mathematics AOs of the NZC Draft Assessment Specifications to define examined content Implications for future years’ exams

Current Issues in External Assessment nzqa/contract-vacancies/ Finally… Thank you