Ceo Presentation Roadshow 2015 - Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment in The Secondary Years (7-12)
Ceo Presentation Roadshow 2015 - Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment in The Secondary Years (7-12)
Ceo Presentation Roadshow 2015 - Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment in The Secondary Years (7-12)
YEARS 710
The Act
School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act, 1997
The objects of the Act are:
(a)
to provide for standards of student achievement and for the assessment and
certification of student achievement according to those standards
(b)
to provide for the development of an outline of curriculum and assessment in
schools that, taking account of the needs of students, sets out the knowledge,
understanding, skills, values and attitudes that students are expected to
acquire and guidelines for the assessment of student achievement; and to
provide for the development and accreditation of courses for schooling
(c)
to provide for the maintenance of a database of information relating to
(i)the participation by students during their school years in education, training
or employment as provided for by the School Education Act
(ii)
the achievements of students during those years
(iii)
records of assessment in respect of students.
Social Sciences
Principles of reporting
Report on student achievement against the year
level achievement standards
for English, Maths, Science and History (or HASS)
for Semester 1 this year.
General capabilities
Organisation
Cross-curriculum priorities
Ways of teaching
Glossary
Ways of assessing
Ways of teaching
Ways of assessing
Video snapshots
Term 4, 2014
247 teachers at 139 schools, completed 236 assessment
tasks in 16 Phase 2 and 3 subjects, from Pre-primary to
Year 10 produced 15,172 assessment work samples.
Determining a grade
Ranked lists and numerical cut points require
reference to the assessment pointers.
Assign grades in relation to the achievement
standard.
Mathematics
Provide a greater range of annotated student
work samples.
Science
Provide more annotated work samples,
particularly for Years 710.
Moderation
Under the School Curriculum and Standards Authority
Act 1997, one of the functions of the Authority is
to the extent determined by the Authority, to provide
for the comparability of assessments of student
achievement in the compulsory education period that
are made, caused to be made or recognised by the
Authority. (Section 9(n))
There are well-established procedures in national and
international jurisdictions for checking on the
comparability of assessments.
These procedures are generally known as moderation.
ABLEWA
Semester 1, 2015 ABLEWA Validation Trial
Group
16 cross-sectoral schools
YEARS 1112
Enrolments
6 March 2015 (Week 5 Term 1) enrolments for
Year 11 students studying units in ATAR, General,
Foundation, Preliminary and VET Industry Specific
courses due for upload into SIRS.
After this date, it is considered that Year 11
students should not transfer from a single unit of
an ATAR or General course.
1 May 2015 (Week 2 Term 2) this date is
provided as a guide to schools for use when
determining the last date for student transfers
between pairs of ATAR or General units in Year 11.
*In 2016, students enrolled in Year 12 courses (T
Pre-Year 11 students
Student enrolment and recognition of achievement
for students in Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10
Academi WACE units*
c year
VET units of
competency
through VET
credit transfer
Endorsed
programs
Year 8
No
No (except with
permission from
the Authority)
Not available
Year 9
No
No (except with
permission from
the Authority)
Not available
Year 10
No (except with
permission from
the Authority)**
Yes (permission to
study not
required)
Yes (permission to
study not
required)
Round one
Writing: 79 March
Numeracy and Reading: 718
March
Round two
Writing: 31 August2
September
Numeracy and Reading:
31 August11 September
Round two
Writing: 29 31 August
Numeracy and Reading:
29 August9 September
OLNA clarifications
There is no such thing as failing NAPLAN.
OLNA is an equitable assessment.
OLNA delivery supports students from backgrounds
such as ESL or students with a disability to achieve
the literacy and numeracy requirement.
OLNA items, cut-scores and individual Category 2
diagnostics are not released.
Syllabus review
A cycle of syllabus review will be established.
A review may result in revision of the course.
Revised courses will have a phased two-year
implementation timeline.
The first batch of courses will be reviewed in
2018-19.
VET
Standard
VET credit transfer reduces the number of course
units in which a C grade is required (max: 4 units in
Year 11 and 4 units in Year 12).
VET industry specific courses contribute in the same
manner as a C grade or higher in other WACE course
units.
Breadth
VET industry specific courses and VET credit
transfer do not contribute to the breadth
requirement.
Depth
VET industry specific courses contribute towards the
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