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AMA HODs Day 18 May 2012
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 (%)
Year N A M E
2010 24.0 39.1 27.5 9.4
2011 22.8 33.8 30.4 12.9
Current Issues in External Assessment
Approx number of L1 candidates gaining result
YearAve No
of results per std
N A M E
2010 34500 8280 13490 9490 3240
2011 29500 6730 9970 8970 3810
Current Issues in External Assessment
Level 1 standards now in their second year
AS 91027 MCAT
AS 91028 Tables & Graphs
AS 91031 Geom.
Reason.
AS 91037 Chance &
Data
2011 entries
35 800 33 000 31 000 26 000
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
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/working-at-nzqa/contract-vacancies/
Finally…
• Thank you
