Memo
Queensland Studies Authority
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22 September 2010 Number: 073/10
Years 10 – 12
Retaining student work
Purpose
To remind schools to retain folios of student work used in determining exit levels of achievement.
Reasons for retaining student work
Evidence contained in student exit folios must be available to support school judgments in determining exit level of achievement decisions and for quality assurance purposes. Folios of evidence may be required for:
the November confirmation period to substantiate school exit level of achievement decisions
applications for verification or review of results requested by students in Authority and Authority- registered subjects. Where all data has been provided promptly to the QSA, requests for reviews should be finalised by 4 March 2011
random sampling for quality assurance procedures for Authority subjects. Requests for random sampling folios will be made before the end of the year. Folios may be retained until May 2011
random sampling for quality assurance of a notional Sound to meet literacy and numeracy requirements of the QCE
For each year that a school determines a notional Sound in a course in order for students to meet literacy and/or numeracy requirements:
the school will retain all student folios used to assign a notional sound
the school may receive requests for random sampling folios during Term 1, 2011
random sampling folios may be retained until May 2011
internal and external reviews for quality assurance of notional Sound to meet literacy and numeracy requirements for the QCE
For each year that a school determines a notional Sound in a course in order for students to meet literacy and/or numeracy requirements, the school will:
retain one sample student folio from that course for which a notional Sound was determined
annotate the sample to show how the student satisfied the requirements of notional Sound
present the annotated sample folios for internal and external reviews
internal and external reviews for quality assurance of a Sound Achievement in a QSA short course in literacy or numeracy to meet literacy and numeracy requirements for the QCE.
For each year that any short course in literacy and numeracy is offered, the school will:
retain one sample student folio from that literacy and/or numeracy course
annotate that sample student folio to identify how the evidence in the responses demonstrate the qualities of Sound Achievement, in literacy and/or numeracy
keep the annotated sample folio for internal and external reviews.
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What you need to do
Please bring this information to the attention of staff.
Put procedures in place to retain:
all student work used in determining exit levels of achievement in Authority, Authority-registered subjects and QSA short courses until the end of Term 1, 2011
annotated sample folios for reviews described above until the next external review.
More information
If you would like more information, please email the Manager, Quality Assurance Unit at [email protected], or phone 3864 0375.
Paul Herschell Deputy Director
Curriculum Services Division
