NCEA by Irene Andersen https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq Questions from Haque article en-us 2018-01-15 19:54:09 UTC 2018-01-15 22:30:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543147 Is there a risk that concerns over variability in the proportion of Merit and Excellence grades being awarded could end up leading us back to a norm-referenced system? What level of variation is acceptable within a standards based system?]]> 2018-01-15 22:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543147 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543226 What has been done about the issue of resubmissions]]> 2018-01-15 22:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543226 kithaines019 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543313 How do we temper our desire for our students to achieve, alongside our school's expectation that students achieve, with the strict guidelines around reassessment opportunities. I've noticed that the new tighter guidelines around resubmits tend to be subverted in an effort to "get students over the line." This feels uncomfortable from a personal ethics perspective. This also problematic from a deadlines perspective, as students are given extension after extension in the desire to boost school results. The concept of a deadline and the subsequent consequences of missing deadlines don't exist in the minds of students. 

- Apoplectic at Avondale.]]> 2018-01-15 22:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543313 MrBrown510 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543516 There are still unit standards that cover same or similar material to achievement standards. Would this not suggest that unit standards are the "easy" way through NCEA, as there would be no reason why students could not sit the external and gain an achieve the same way you could achieve in the internal. ]]> 2018-01-15 22:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543516 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543727 What has been done about NZQA’s moderation system?]]> 2018-01-15 22:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543727 How can we stop schools cheating as it still happens. Schools pull students from exams to moderate their own grades or allow endless resubs. We are not getting accurate pictures of schools at all - or what students can actually do. https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543788 2018-01-15 22:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543788 mcas919 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543816 Which of the problems or issues discussed in this article are still problematic?

]]> 2018-01-15 22:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543816 tierney_baron https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543954 In response to the moderation question, aren't students work selected at random now to be externally moderated? rather than the teacher selecting specific students work]]> 2018-01-15 22:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543954 tamros_time https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543979 How successful have the NCEA realignments been? Many of the issues outlined in the article still seem relevant now.]]> 2018-01-15 22:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221543979 mcas919 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544126 What changes have been made to the NCEA system
 since this text was written?

]]> 2018-01-15 22:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544126 iandersen https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544146 Why would we not expect to see a higher level of variation in a scenario where marks are given to separate students doing separate standards without aggregating the results and why is this not a desirable outcome?]]> 2018-01-15 22:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544146 p.100. States that there was a “perception” of an easy pathyway to passing NCEA. Why do they emphasise perception? It seems a fair call for the time paulawalters2011 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544153 2018-01-15 22:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544153 What was the international influence in adopting NCEA? https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544161 2018-01-15 22:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544161 How has the relationship between the MoE and NZQA changed? tamros_time https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544174 2018-01-15 22:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544174 hannahrosecleverley https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544188 What was the formal process by which the community were able to feedback on, and in turn influence change to, the then newly introduced assessment framework? 

]]> 2018-01-15 22:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544188 What is a multi-field qualification and what are its alternatives? paulawalters2011 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544189 2018-01-15 22:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544189 twil616 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544255 Why did the ministry allow NCEA to be so interpretive, as in the opportunity for reassessment? Surely this ambiguity was sure to be controversial and unfair...]]> 2018-01-15 22:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544255 What is the reasoning behind schools applying a Cambridge/norm-referenced framework to the NCEA standards? (i.e. A set of internals and a set of externals for each subject is usually a general expectation for students.) What can be done about educating teaching professionals on utilising the flexibility (and arguably, creativity) offered by NCEA? How do we diffuse the stigma around the quality of a certificate made up of internally assessed subjects? https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544368 2018-01-15 22:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544368 https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544475 Doesn’t the perception still exist that NCEA is an easier pathway?

]]> 2018-01-15 22:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221544475 hannahrosecleverley https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221545751 Is there any effort to stop teachers/departments withdrawing students from standards in order to falsely inflate their pass rates?

]]> 2018-01-15 22:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221545751 resub https://padlet.com/iandersen/sk40el1upasq/wish/221546484 Myths
  • "A resubmission must be offered to all students".
  • "I can show students what they should fix up".
  • "I can offer multiple resubmission opportunities, element by element, for unit standards".
  • "A student cannot be awarded anything higher than Achieved for a resubmission".
  • "All students should be given 30 minutes to complete their resubmission".
Facts
• A resubmission:
  • is offered to an individual student who is at a grade boundary to confirm the grade
  • can only be offered after final submission of a grade awarded (feedback can be given before the grade is awarded)
  • should only be offered where a teacher judges the student should be capable of discovering and correcting a mistake themselves in a timely fashion
  • should be limited to specific aspects of the assessment
  • can be offered after either the first or further assessment opportunity, or after both.
• Teachers may give only general advice.
• Further teaching and feedback cannot occur between the final submission date and the resubmission.
• A student must have access to any grade - Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit, and Excellence.
• No more than one resubmission can be provided per assessment event.
• The length of time provided for a resubmission depends on the context of the assessment.
• Industry Training Organisation resubmission rules differ. You need to follow the rules of the standard-setting body.
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