Transcript 2014 YEAR 12 OP AND QCS PRESENTATION

Year 12
A Summary of OP
Calculations, QCS,
QCCA, QCE, OP &
QTAC and all other
acronyms!
End of Year 12
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Senior Statement
Q’ld Certificate of Education (QCE)
Tertiary Entrance Statement
VET accreditation
School Reference (from Emmaus)
Senior Statement
Issued by the Queensland Studies
Authority (“Authority”).
All students who complete Year 12
receive this certificate.
Senior Statement
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Authority Subjects
and Authority Registered Subjects
-Number of semesters studied
-Level of Achievement (VHA, HA,..)
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Voc Ed modules
QCS result (A-E)
(Recorded subjects (AMEB, etc))
Queensland Certificate of
Education (QCE)
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Certificate that is awarded to
students who achieve 20 credit
points – Sound achievement or
above in at least three subjects
studied through year 11 and 12
Meet literacy and numeracy
requirements
Tertiary Entrance Statement
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Overall Position
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1 – 25
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Field Positions (FP)
1 – 10
Up to 5 FPs
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Field B
Field C
Field D
Field E
Field Positions
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A : Extended written expression
B : Short written communication
C : Basic numeracy
D : Solving complex problems
E : Substantial practical
performance (physical, creative,
expressive)
What is an OP?
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OP stands for overall position
A number taken from a rank order
of eligible Yr 12 students in
Queensland (based on their
achievement in Authority subjects)
Tertiary institutions use OP in
selecting students
The most favourable OP is 1 and the
least favourable is 25
To get an OP
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Study at least 20 semester units of
Authority subjects (usually 5
subjects for 4 semesters)
At least 3 subjects for all 4
semesters
Do the QCS test
QCS Test
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2 days (Tue, 4 Sept, Wed 5 Sept)
All Queensland OP eligible students
4 papers:
Writing Task (WT)
Multi Choice Questions 1 (MCQ1)
Short Response Items (SRI)
Multi Choice Questions II (MCQII)
7 hours of testing over 2 days
Format of QCS Test
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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am WT (2 hrs)
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am SRI (2 hrs)
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pm MCQ I (90
mins)
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pm MCQ II (90
mins)
Why have the QCS Test?
The purpose of the QCS Test is:
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(1) To compare subject group with
subject group within the school
(2) To compare school group with
school group across state
What QCS Test measures
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Measure of the skills acquired in 12
years of schooling regardless of
subjects studied
Common Curriculum Elements
(CCE)
Why preparation?
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Test wise!
Familiarity with phrases: Key terms,
CCE, stem & cue, star value.
How to plan your time
Methods of approach
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Comfortable!
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How is OP for an individual
calculated?
Individual contribution
AND
Group contribution
Pdf file: calopfps.pdf
Individual contribution
Subject Achievement Indicators (SAI)
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What is an SAI: shows one
student’s achievement in relation to
the achievement of other students
in that subject in that school
SAI’s range from 400 (highest
performing student) to 200 (lowest
performing student)
This range of numbers is used to
compare the achievement of
students in the subject group
Subject Achievement Indicators
(SAI)
Each student will have an SAI for
each Authority subject
 The school’s ranking of students for
each subject (1) in order
(2) with correct relative gaps
SAI’s are published and students are
encouraged to check these
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Group contribution
The purpose of the QCS Test is to:
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(1) To compare subject group with
subject group within the school
(2) To compare school group with
school group across state
Scaled SAIs
Purpose: Within a school, to compare
results in one subject with results in
other subjects
Need standard baseline of comparison
What’s used- QCS subject group
results:
Mean and Measure of spread
Scaled SAIs
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In the within-school stage of scaling,
the average and spread of the
subject-group SAI’s are re-set
(scaled) to the group’s average and
spread of performance on the QCS
test
The relative order and gaps are
retained – only the scale has
changed
Different processes used for small
subject groups
Overall Achievement Indicator
OAI
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To produce a single rank order of
students with the school, an Overall
Achievement Indicator (OAI) is
calculated – regardless of what
subjects studies
This is the average result across
each student’s ‘best five subjects’
(best – best scaled SAI’s; five
subjects – 20 semester units of
credit)
Example calculation for Sandra (p.1)
Subject
Level of
Achievement
HA
SAI
Scaled SAI
342
206
Mod Hist
VHA
385
248
Japanese
LA
221
145
Economics
SA
314
183
Graphics
SA
263
172
Drama
LA
240
131
English
Example calculation for Sandra (p.2)
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Scaled SAI
206 English
248 Mod Hist
145 Japanese
183 Economics
172 Graphics
131 Drama
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Calculate OAI
Mod Hist 248 * 4
Eng
206 * 4
Eco
183 * 4
Graph
172 * 4
Jap
145 * 4
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3816
OAI = 3816/20
= 190.8
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First stage of scaling – produced a
single rank order with each school
given by each student’s OAI
Second stage of scaling – allows
these rank orders to be compared
across all schools
The average and spread of OAI’s for
each school are reset (scaled) to
the average and spread of QCS test
score for all students in that school
Example calculation for Sandra (p.3)
Statewide Scaled OAIs
Sandra’s School OAIs
Top scaled OAI in Sandra’s
school
Sandra’s scaled OAI
190.8
mean
Bottom scaled OAI in
Sandra’s school
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Scaled OAI’s provide a single rank
order for the whole state.
These scaled OAI’s compare each
student with all other students in
the state regardless of their
combination of subjects and
regardless of the school attended.
OP Slice Up
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Approximate distribution of students
across OP bands
Band 1 - about 2% of students
Bands 2 to 6 - about 19% of students
Bands 7 to 21 - about 73% of students
Bands 22 to 24 - about 5% of students
Band 25 - about 1% of students
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