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16 October 2014 Senior Secondary Number: 068/14
Random sampling of exit folios of student work for Authority subjects for 2014
Purpose
To advise schools about the random sampling of exit folios of student work for Authority subjects for 2014.
Background
Random sampling is a quality-assurance process designed to provide information about the comparability of final exit level of achievement decisions. This process occurs after a course is completed.
Each year the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) takes a stratified random sample of finalised Year 12 folios from schools across the state and sends them for review to panels from different districts. A report on the random sampling process is published annually on the QCAA website.
Information
Random sampling refers to the process of sampling schools and student folios. However the subjects are not selected randomly; they are selected according to a range of criteria. Schools are chosen randomly within each subject. For each chosen group, a random sample of students is selected, stratified by levels of achievement awarded to the students.
The information used to select schools is based on data from the Student Data Capture System (SDCS) data submission 3. Students whose exit folios will be sampled are determined after SDCS data submission 5 (due to be uploaded November 27).
The subjects nominated for random sampling in 2014 are listed below.
20 Ancient History 41 Physics
21 Modern History 63 Business Communication & Technologies
24 Geography 65 Information Technology Systems
38 Mathematics C 72 Hospitality Studies
40 Chemistry 95 English Extension
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
Random sampling of exit folios of student work for Authority subjects for 2014
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 16 October 2014 Page 2 of 2
Selected schools will be notified by letter of the nominated students and submission requirements. Schools not required to send random sampling submissions will also be advised by letter.
Random sampling submissions must arrive at QCAA district offices no later than Friday 5 December 2014.
The QCAA will retain the folios until May 2015. Please note that this date is beyond the date that schools are required to retain folios.
What you need to do
Bring this information to the attention of staff teaching Year 12 students.
Ensure that exit folios of Year 12 work in Authority subjects are available for random sampling should they be required.
Finding out more
Please email the Services Coordination Unit at [email protected], or phone 3864 0491.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
