Ako Panuku Hui ā Tau Te Kāhui Kaiako Reo Māori o Aotearoa

MOE and NZQA  The MOE “owns” the curriculum, the standards and the qualifications  The MOE produces internal assessment resources  NZQA is the implementation agency  NZQA assesses the externally-assessed standards  NZQA manages quality assurance

Where do you start? NZC / TMoA / Te Aho Arataki Marau mo te Ako i TRM Teaching and Learning Guides for NCEA Levels 1, 2, 3 Standards define the learning outcomes to be assessed standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/te-reo-maori/levels Subject pages, leading to assessment resources, including those contextualised for a Vocational Pathway standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/

The Standard The curriculum The assessment tool and schedule NZQF

Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Diplomas Degrees Level 4-7

Quality Assurance Internal and External Moderation

Quality Assurance (Moderation)  Internal moderation by the kaiako is the first check and must be applied to the assessments and practice external assessments  Schools must report only those results which have been subject to the school’s internal moderation process…NZQA Assessment Rules 6.4  External moderation is the final check for a proportion of assessment  Schools submit assessment materials and randomly selected student work to specialist moderators.

NZQA requirements for internal moderation Results reported to NZQA should be the work of more than one professional. Critiquing (first set of eyes)  Modify publicly-available tasks.  Critique all assessment materials before use Critiquer must understand standards-based assessment, but doesn’t have to be a subject specialist IMC

NZQA requirements for internal moderation Results reported to NZQA should be the work of more than one professional.  Verification (second set of eyes)  Verify an adequate sample of the grade judgments for all standards  Verify at grade boundaries  Make consistent judgements across multiple classes Verifier should be another subject specialist with standard and curriculum knowledge

How internal moderation can work  Single subject teacher moderating in a virtual cluster (VLN)  Single teacher moderation in a face-to-face cluster  Single teacher with national subject expertise  Single teacher in a larger faculty verifying grades in a cluster (eg Technology)  Subject department containing experienced and inexperienced assessors

What is external moderation?  NZQA moderates a small sample of internally assessed standards in schools  External moderation provides evidence that the schools internal moderation is robust and ensures credible assessment at the national standard  It is a ‘snap shot’ of assessment that has taken place for a particular standard (Mod Samples and Response)

Online External Moderation Submission Use any online file sharing system Save links through moderation plans in 2016 Ensure sharing settings enable direct access for moderators Organise files clearly mailbox for queries only Further detail available on our website and Assessment Matters Circular

The standard  Show the students a copy of the standard  Ensure students understand what is required of them  Go through the standard criteria  Go through the korero āpiti  Go through the kuputaka

The qualities of credible assessment  Appropriate methods – evidence based  Fair methods  Consistent, verifiable judgements  Integrated with learning  Manageable  Open  Authentic, sufficient, valid assessment

University Entrance  NCEA Level 3 required  3 approved subjects required (14 credits at L3+)  UE numeracy 10 credits, as for NCEA L1  UE literacy 10 credits at L2+ (5 credits reading + 5 credits writing) from specific standards

Scholarship  Scholarship candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations  It is a monetary award, not a qualification  Results – N, S, O  Fees from $30 per subject

Certificate Endorsement  NCEA certificates L1,2,3 can be endorsed  50 credits at merit or excellence  Certificates are endorsed retrospectively

Course Endorsement  A course is a subject or programme taught in a school  A course is endorsed only in the year of assessment  14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence  At least 3 credits from externally assessed standards  And 3 credits from internally assessed standards