Ako Panuku Hui ā Tau

Te Kāhui Kaiako Reo Māori

o Aotearoa

MOE and NZQA

The MOE “owns” the curriculum, the standards and the qualifications

The MOE produces internal assessment resources

NZQA is the implementation agency NZQA assesses the externally-

assessed standards NZQA manages quality assurance

Where do you start?

NZC / TMoA / Te Aho Arataki Marau mo te Ako i TRM

Teaching and Learning Guides for NCEA Levels 1, 2, 3

http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/

Standards define the learning outcomes to be assessed

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/te-reo-maori/levels

Subject pages, leading to assessment resources, including those contextualised for a Vocational Pathway

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/

The Standard

The curriculum

The assessment tool and schedule

NZQF

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1DiplomasDegrees Level 4-7

Quality Assurance

Internal and External Moderation

Quality Assurance(Moderation)

Internal moderation by the kaiako is the first check and must be applied to the assessments and practice external assessments

Schools must report only those results which have been subject to the school’s internal moderation process…NZQA Assessment Rules 6.4

External moderation is the final check for a proportion of assessment

Schools submit assessment materials and randomly selected student work to specialist moderators.

NZQA requirements for internal moderation

Results reported to NZQA should be the work of more than one professional.

•Critiquing (first set of eyes) Modify publicly-available tasks. Critique all assessment materials before use

Critiquer must understand standards-based assessment, but doesn’t have to be a subject specialist

IMC

NZQA requirements for internal moderation

Results reported to NZQA should be the work of more than one professional.

Verification (second set of eyes) Verify an adequate sample of the grade

judgments for all standards Verify at grade boundaries Make consistent judgements across multiple

classesVerifier should be another subject specialist with

standard and curriculum knowledge

How internal moderation can work

Single subject teacher moderating in a virtual cluster (VLN)

Single teacher moderation in a face-to-face cluster

Single teacher with national subject expertise

Single teacher in a larger faculty verifying grades in a cluster (eg Technology)

Subject department containing experienced and inexperienced assessors

What is external moderation?

NZQA moderates a small sample of internally assessed standards in schools

External moderation provides evidence that the schools internal moderation is robust and ensures credible assessment at the national standard

It is a ‘snap shot’ of assessment that has taken place for a particular standard

(Mod Samples and Response)

Online External Moderation Submission

• Use any online file sharing system• Save links through moderation plans in

2016• Ensure sharing settings enable direct

access for moderators• Organise files clearly• modsub@nzqa.govt.nz mailbox for queries

only• Further detail available on our website and

Assessment Matters Circular

The standard

Show the students a copy of the standard

Ensure students understand what is required of them

Go through the standard criteria Go through the korero āpiti Go through the kuputaka

The qualities of credible assessment

Appropriate methods – evidence based

Fair methods

Consistent, verifiable judgements

Integrated with learning

Manageable

Open

Authentic, sufficient, valid assessment

University Entrance

NCEA Level 3 required

3 approved subjects required (14 credits at L3+)

UE numeracy 10 credits, as for NCEA L1

UE literacy 10 credits at L2+ (5 credits reading + 5 credits writing) from specific standards

Scholarship

Scholarship candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations

It is a monetary award, not a qualification

Results – N, S, O

Fees from 2015 - $30 per subject

Certificate Endorsement

NCEA certificates L1,2,3 can be endorsed

50 credits at merit or excellence

Certificates are endorsed retrospectively

Course Endorsement

A course is a subject or programme taught in a school

A course is endorsed only in the year of assessment

14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence

At least 3 credits from externally assessed standards

And 3 credits from internally assessed standards