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

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Finally…

• Thank you

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