Transcript P6 MTP presentation 2015

WELCOME
P6 Parent-Teacher Meeting
24 Jan 2015
Outline
 Important PSLE Dates
 Preparing your child
 PSLE T-Score
 Posting Method
 Selection of Schools
 DSA
Important PSLE Dates*
 Oral Exam (EL & MT)
 20 and 21 Aug 2015(Thu & Fri)
 Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)
 18 Sep 2015 (Fri)
Important PSLE Dates
 Written Exam
1 - 7 October 2015
 English
 Math
 Mother Tongue
 Science
 Higher Mother Tongue
PSLE Marking Exercise 19-22 October 2015
Important
Dates 2015
Distribution of
Booklets
Sep
1st Week of
Nov/Dec
Holidays
Option Form
Submission & Capturing
3 days after
releasing of
results
Dec*
Reporting to Sec School
Day after
Posting Results*
What is the school doing …
Right mindset
Confidence
Motivation
Stress & Time Mgt
Teacher Deployment
Class arrangements
Options & Opportunities
PUPILS
School Leaders’
Involvement
INTELLECTUAL
Subject Mastery
Exam Skills
Communications
With Parents
A pupil who can do well …
 Drive and interest to give
off the best
 Good quality work –
prompt and neat
 The right attitude
 Consistent effort – goes
the extra mile
 Keeps a schedule and
tracks his /her
performance
 Stays focused and pays
attention – listens to
teacher
 Good time & stress
management
 Reads widely
Subjects taken at PSLE
English Lang
Mother Tongue
Maths
Science
100%
100 %
100 %
100 %
 Higher mother tongue is not included in the
computation of PSLE aggregate score
 Any aggregate of 250 and above will be given HMT
or 3rd language option
PSLE Aggregate
 Incorporates performance of pupils in all 4
subjects
 Allows pupils to be ranked fairly
Why use T- Score
 Different subjects have different levels of
difficulty
 So are the spread of marks from the average
mark, i.e. the standard deviation
(spread = standard deviation)
What is T-Score
 It gives the relative position of a pupil’s
performance as compared to the
performance of all the other pupils in that
subject
 The raw mark obtained in the exam only
shows how good the pupil is in that subject,
not how good he is as compared to others
PSLE T-Score
T-score
50 + 10 ( X - Y )
Z
X = pupil’s mark for the
subject
Y = average mark scored
by all pupils
Z = spread of marks
around the average
mark (Standard Deviation)
T- Score
Pupil’s mark for the subject = 80
Average mark scored by
all pupils
= 60
Spread of marks around
the average mark
= 20
T-score = 50
= 60
+
10 (80 - 60)
20
A need for standardisation
of the raw scores
Transformed Score
or T-Score
Example 1
Subject
Raw
Score
Mean
SD
T-Score
EL
80
50
20
65
Maths
90
50
19
71
Science
90
60
15
70
MT (CL)
80
60
15
63
Aggregate score for this pupil is …..
65 + 71 + 70 + 63 = 269
Example 2
Subject
Raw
Score
Mean
SD
T-Score
EL
80
50
20
65
Maths
90
50
19
71
Science
90
60
15
70
MT (CL)
80
60
15
63
Pupil scores 90 marks for both Maths & Science but has a
higher T-score in Maths
Example 3
Subject
Raw
Score
Mean
SD
T-Score
EL
80
50
20
65
Maths
90
50
19
71
Science
90
60
15
70
MT (CL)
80
60
15
63
Pupil scores 80 marks for both EL & CL
but has a higher T-score in EL
Aggregate calculation
English Paper: Ave marks, Y = 85; Std Dev, Z = 25
Maths Paper: Ave marks, Y = 50; Std Dev, Z = 10
T(Subject) = 50 + 10 (X – Y)/Z
Raw
score
(X)
Pupil A
Pupil B
EL
MA
Total
T-score
EL
MA
Total
95
(A*)
80
(A)
175
Pupil A
54
80
134
90
(A)
83
(A)
173
Pupil B
52
83
135
A pupil scoring 3A* could end up having an aggregate
less than one scoring 3A.
Selection of Secondary
Schools
 Put in 6 choices of secondary
schools
 In order of preference
Choice of Secondary School
 Academic Ability of Child
 Type of School and Programmes Available
 Distance from Home
 Schools’ previous year posting aggregate
ranges
 Distance of school from Home
 Affiliated Schools
 Direct school Admission
Posting of Pupils
Rank all PSLE students
By Merit :
by their PSLE Scores
285
284
263
240 and below
By Choice
1st
2nd
285
284
263
FULL
FULL
3rd
4th
5th
6th
After 6 choices……
Group Postal District
Postal District
Our appeal to you …..
 Set realistic expectations
 Provide a conducive study environment
at home
 Monitor work and Motivate child
 Work hand in hand with teachers
 An eye on child’s Cyber world
Q&A