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17 November 2014 Senior secondary Number: 072/14
Year 11 monitoring for Authority subjects
Purpose
To help schools prepare for monitoring of Year 11 Authority subjects.
Background
Monitoring is the process where review panels consider the school’s implementation of a course and the assessment decisions in subjects following the completion of approximately half the course of study.
All schools with Year 11 students studying Authority subjects in 2014 are required to provide submissions for 2015 monitoring.
Information
Due dates for monitoring submissions
School submissions are required to be submitted to Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) district offices by Friday 5 December 2014.
Meeting dates and venues
The Coordinator State Panels and District Coordinators will contact school moderators and review panel members with meeting details.
District Date Venue
Wide Bay district Friday 13 February 2015
Venues will be advised by email to schools and panellists in January 2015
Mackay district Monday 23 February 2015 Rockhampton district Monday 23 February 2015 All other QCAA districts Week of 16–20 February 2015
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
Year 11 monitoring for Authority subjects
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 17 November 2014 Page 2 of 3
Required contents for a monitoring submission
A monitoring submission should include:
• a Form R3, completed in the appropriate places to indicate the number of students in the cohort and identify the sample folios lettered A to E, signed by the principal or the school moderator
• a copy of the school’s approved work program
• copies of assessment instruments with expected responses where required by the syllabus
• five sample student folios whose responses demonstrate standards that are typical of the particular level of achievement
• other evidence and/or documentation that may not be associated with a sample folio but provides information to support decisions about practical or non-written responses.
Each of the sample folios should:
• be clearly labelled with a letter code (A–E)
• contain student responses to assessment instruments that have been used to make the interim level of achievement judgment
• have the relevant assessment instrument and criteria sheet attached to each of the responses
• include a completed student profile.
Appropriate submission materials
Schools should ensure that submission materials are as described by QCAA protocol:
‘Appropriate materials for submissions of student responses’, available in the A–Z of Senior Moderation, section 2.1, from www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/10773.html.
Packing and sending submissions
Submissions size should be kept to a minimum and packed securely, ensuring that:
• all submission materials are clearly labelled to indicate the school and the subject
• recorded evidence (USBs, CDs, DVDs etc.) is placed in a sealed envelope, clearly marked and attached to the submission
• the completed and signed Form R3 is placed on top of each submission
• no single package/box exceeds 16 kg
• all packages are securely bundled and clearly labelled, e.g. Package 1 of 2
• all submissions are addressed to: The District Coordinator, QCAA district office.
What you need to do
Principals are requested to ensure that this memo is brought to the attention of all staff responsible for the preparation of submissions and all members of review panels.
Memo
Year 11 monitoring for Authority subjects
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 17 November 2014 Page 3 of 3
Finding out more
Further information on preparing monitoring submissions and monitoring meeting details is available:
• in the Moderation handbook for Authority subjects (sections 3.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.4 and 4.1.5) from www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/10773.html
• on the Moderation resources page of the QCAA website at https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/2130.html
• by contacting the Quality Assurance Unit on 3864 0375 or [email protected]
• by contacting the District Coordinator for your district.
See www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/918.html for contact information.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
