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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi David<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Scaling is an attempt to equate
outcomes for the purposes of university entry. It is only important for
students who are serious about getting a good ENTER.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Info Sys was scaled down because of
the students who took the subject. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>VCAA always assigns 30 as the mean
study score with a standard deviation of 6. This is publicly available knowledge
(not always easy to find though!!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It does not matter about the quality
of the students – the mean is still 30.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When you equate this to students who
do Specialist and Latin who also get a mean of 30 you can probably see that
there is perhaps not an equivalence of result. VTAC attempts to address this
inequity by scaling. If you look at last year’s scaling report then you
will see that some subjects were scaled down by over 10 points (wow you might
say – but look at the subjects. Would a student who could do Latin and Specialist
do those subjects? Seriously, ?) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now think about the students who
take SD (and ITA ) . Are they really as good as the students doing
Specialist and Latin ????? So they need to have their results processed or manipulated
so that it can be seen to have some equivalence of outcome with those who do the
harder subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>You can always ask me more off list –
if others are interested in more then reply on list otherwise off list to
<a href="mailto:andrew@braemar.vic.edu.au">andrew@braemar.vic.edu.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt'>Andrew Shortell</span></font></st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt'>Braemar</span></font></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-AU> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font>-----Original Message-----</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font>From:
sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font>bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf
Of Claudia Graham</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font>Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2007
9:47 AM</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font>To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font>Subject: RE: [Year 12 SofDev] Gamemaker</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Hi David,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> The scaling process is not VCAA but VTAC and the
scaling changes each</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> year based on cohort and their abilities and
results. With a different</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> style of paper this year, who knows what might
happen.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Claudia</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> -----Original Message-----</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From: sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf
Of David Dawson</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Sent: 13 September 2007 8:56 AM</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> To: sofdev@edulists.com.au</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Gamemaker</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><snip><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I am also curious as to whether Software Devt
will be marked "down"</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> like IS was. What is the actual justification for
this? Can it be</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> changed? When can this be reconsidered?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Is there anyone out there from the VCAA panel for
this subject who can</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> respond?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> David Dawson</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> David Dawson</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Head of Information Technology</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Head of Learning Technologies</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> St.Kilda Rd Campus</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wesley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:City></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Wk 8102 6340</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><snip><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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