MCEETYA Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce

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MCEETYA Performance Measurement and Reporting
Taskforce

• NATIONAL DIRECTIONS

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Support the achievement of and enable reporting
  on the National
• Goals of Schooling by providing MCEETYA with
  advice on
• Development of a small number of strategic
  measures
• Development and maintenance of Key Performance
  Measures for national reporting
• Areas where it may be appropriate to establish
  national targets or benchmarks
• Maintenance of the National Schools Statistics
  Collection
• Generating data related to the resourcing of
  schools
• Improved public reporting on student learning
  outcomes

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DEVELOPMENT OF KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES(KPMs)

• Purpose
• To report on progress towards achieving the
  National Goals for Schooling
• To drive school improvement
• To enhance outcomes for students

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KPMs

• Examples
• Percentage of students achieving the reading
  benchmark
• Percentage of students achieving the proficient
  standard in science literacy
• Proportion of 15-19 years olds in full-time
  education, training or work, or in both part-time
  work and education or training

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PRIORITY AREAS

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Science
• Civics and Citizenship
• ICT
• Vocational Education and Training
• Participation and Attainment

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY ENHANCEMENTS

• MCEETYA 2003
• Report an extended range of student achievement
  information
• Report against a common scale for Years 3, 5, 7
• Develop a more national approach
• Improve timeliness of national reporting

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FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS LITERACY AND NUMERACY

• MCEETYA 2005
• Development of Year 9 benchmarks
• Revision of existing benchmark standards to
  ensure that they represent the minimum acceptable
  standard without which a student will have
  difficulty making sufficient progress at school

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY COMMON NATIONAL TESTS

• State and Territory non negotiables
• Teacher involvement in panelling of items
• Teacher involvement in marking
• Measurement officer involvement in analysis and
  quality assurance
• Linkages to existing State and Territory trend
  data
• Timeliness for reporting to parents and schools

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY COMMON NATIONAL TESTS

• Trial of common national tests in May 2006
• Independent evaluation of trial
• Report to MCEETYA September 2006
• Common time of the year for testing
• Nationally agreed assessment domains and test
  specifications
• Standardised administrative procedures
• National calibration and equating analysis
• Data returned to States and Territories for state
  level reporting
• Analysis and reporting to schools and parents by
  States Territories

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY COMMON NATIONAL TESTS

• Trialled in May 2006
• Core components - reading, writing, spelling and
  numeracy
• Optional components (state level) - grammar
  punctuation, mental computations
• Two writing tasks at Years 7 and 9 (35 minutes
  each), one task at Years 3 and 5
• New national marking keys for writing
• Two numeracy tests - calculator and
  non-calculator

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY COMMON NATIONAL TESTS

• Trialled in May 2006
• Online registration of students by schools and
  systems including collection of students
  background information
• Targeted testing
• Increased security and tracking
• Separate test booklets for each assessment
  session
• Testing in Years 3 and 5 conducted over three
  mornings
• Testing in Years 7 and 9 on two mornings with
  rest day
• Online marking of writing distributed across
  states and territories

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY COMMON NATIONAL TESTS

• Common national tests in schools
• Continuation of state based reporting and data
  analysis support
• Introduction of Year 9 testing (some states only)
• Common time of the year for testing for all Years
  ie 3, 5, 7 9
• Revision of benchmarks and improved national
  consistency in the reporting of benchmark
  achievement
• Greater portability of information from testing
  for students and parents
• New Year 9 benchmarks for reporting
• Introduction of a proficient standard for
  reporting

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SAMPLE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

• Priority areas Science literacy, Civics and
  Citizenship and ICT
• International studies - PISA and TIMSS
• Establishment of a proficient standard for each
  of Science literacy, Civics and Citizenship, and
  ICT literacy
• National and international benchmarking
• Development of school self assessment materials
• Fully documented data base for research

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Mean scores and distribution of scores in Year 6
Science literacy
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Percentage of Year 6 students achieving the
proficient standard
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• For more information about the work of the
  MCEETYA Performance Measurement and Reporting
  Taskforce refer to
• http//www.mceetya.edu.au/taskfrce