1 Selection of Special Selection of Special Arrangements Arrangements Selection Principles Selection Principles Refer to “Guidelines on Selection of Special Arrangements” For Oral & Written Assessments Timeline: 30 Nov – 14 Dec 09 Select special arrangements online 4 Mar – 16 Mar 2010 Amend special arrangements online By 30 Apr 2010 Submit any amendments to HKEAA by completing an SDA Form
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Selection of Special ArrangementsSelection of Special Arrangements
Selection PrinciplesSelection Principles Refer to “Guidelines on Selection of
Special Arrangements” For Oral & Written Assessments Timeline:
30 Nov – 14 Dec 09 Select special arrangements online
4 Mar – 16 Mar 2010 Amend special arrangements online
By 30 Apr 2010 Submit any amendments to HKEAA by completing an SDA Form
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Selection Principles Selection Principles (cont(cont’d)d) Schools should take note the following
when selecting special arrangements for students:
1. obtain the consent of parents in advance;2. make reference to the advice of professionals,
teachers, parents and recent special arrangements in internal exams;
3. extend assessment time no more than 25% of total time;
4. do NOT need to inform HKEAA any special seating arrangements in the same classroom
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Selection GuidelinesSelection Guidelines May select more than one special arrangement
for each student All WS0, WS3 to WS7 students will not be
included in the ‘Student Sample List’ of Oral Assessments
Schools may request in writing to enable any WS4 to WS7 students to be selected at random for Oral Assessments. If selected, no special arrangements will be provided and results will be included in the School Report for Oral Assessments
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WS0 - Exempt from Oral AssessmentsWS0 - Exempt from Oral Assessments All WS0 students will not be included in
the ‘Student Sample List’ For students with Speech & Language
Impairment
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WS1 - Non-Chinese Speaking StudentsWS1 - Non-Chinese Speaking Students All WS1 students should take part in the
whole assessment Depending on individual circumstances,
school may apply for exemption of NCS from Chinese Language assessments. Application should be submitted to HKEAA no later than 14 December 2009
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WS1 - NCS Students WS1 - NCS Students (cont(cont’d)d)
Arrangement in Written AssessmentsArrangement in Written Assessments Additional English Mathematics paper will
be provided (schools may choose using either the Eng or Chin paper)
Separate bilingual instruction sheets will be provided for Chinese Listening, Audio-visual, Writing and Reading assessments
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WS1 - NCS Students WS1 - NCS Students (cont(cont’d)d)
Arrangement in Written AssessmentsArrangement in Written Assessments A special version of the CD for Chinese
Listening and VCD for CAV will be provided with all questions and options read aloud.
If schools choose to use the special version of CD/VCD, these students should be arranged to take the assessment separately
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WS1 - NCS Students WS1 - NCS Students (cont(cont’d)d)
Arrangement in Written AssessmentsArrangement in Written Assessments In Chinese Writing assessment, schools
may select using one or three sub-papers for reading aloud to NCS students. These students should be arranged to take the assessment separately
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WS1 - NCS Students WS1 - NCS Students (cont(cont’d)d)
Arrangement in Written AssessmentsArrangement in Written Assessments In March 2010, schools with NCS students
will be asked to submit their preferred arrangement (reading 1 or 3 sub-papers) in Chinese Writing assessment
All extra assessment materials will be bundled with those of other students requiring special arrangements
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WS2 - Newly-arrived Children (NAC)WS2 - Newly-arrived Children (NAC) Arrival in Hong Kong less than one year
OR schooling in Hong Kong for less than one year
All WS2 students should take part in the whole assessment
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WS3 - Exempt from the whole WS3 - Exempt from the whole assessmentassessment
For students with Severe Visual Impairment
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WS4 - Exempt from the Listening and WS4 - Exempt from the Listening and CAV assessmentsCAV assessments
For students with Moderately-severe, Severe and Profound Hearing Impairment
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WS5 - Students with Intellectual WS5 - Students with Intellectual DisabilityDisability
All WS5 students should take part in the whole assessment
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WS6 - Using A3 QA booklets and/or WS6 - Using A3 QA booklets and/or auxiliary equipment auxiliary equipment
For students with Visual Impairment, Dyslexia, Intellectual Disability, Physical Disability, etc.
A3 question-answer booklets will be provided
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WS6 - Using A3 QA booklets and/or WS6 - Using A3 QA booklets and/or auxiliary equipment auxiliary equipment (cont(cont’d)d)
WS6 students may not use the same sub-paper as their respective classes in the Listening assessments
Assessment materials will be bundled with those of other students requiring special arrangements
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WS7 - Taking assessments separately WS7 - Taking assessments separately and/or time extensionand/or time extension
For students with Dyslexia, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder, Physical Disability, Language Difficulty, Hearing Impairment, etc.
Should make reference to recent special arrangements in internal exam
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WS7 - Taking assessments separately WS7 - Taking assessments separately and/or time extension and/or time extension (cont(cont’d)d)
Reading aloud is only applicable to those students with Severe Reading Difficulties in Chinese and English Writing, Listening, CAV and Mathematics assessments
A separate set of assessment materials will be provided and bundled with those of other students requiring special arrangements
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