[Year 12 IT Apps] Fwd: VELS and semester reporting - please advise

[Reid, Cam C]

I agree with Mark.
 
Our school has discussed this and have come to the same conclusion. We need=
 to assess at the standard that is applicable to that year level in Sem 2. S=
hould there be any questions about it we will be pointing to the relevant VE=
LS level for that semester. We will also state that it is expected that the=
 student is maturing in his/her abilities and skills all the time, and that=
 the student should be at the expected level of achievement. 
 
We have also noted that in a few areas, the progression points include an it=
em not covered in previous progression points. We are making minor adjustmen=
ts to relevant courses to ensure that all progression points can be achieved=
. This course outline can still be used for both semester 1 and 2.
 
Regards
Cameron Reid
Shepparton High School

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
Sent: Thu 7/06/2007 11:01 AM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Fwd: VELS and semester reporting - please adv=
ise



1.  Blame VELS

2.  Rest assured that there are very few twins so the problem will be
uncommon .

3.  Blame VELS again

4.  But seriously, folks.  Knowing that an elective could be done in sem
1 or sem 2 should lead teachers to base their progression point on the
VELS standard for that yearlevel and that semester to keep the domain
grade sensible.

Year 9 Kid X doing the elective in sem 1 would be judged against the
standard for sem 1 (e.g. 5.25) and twin Kid Y in sem 2 would be judged
against the standard for sem 2 (5.5).

That way, their VELS score is balanced against their chronological age.

At least, that's what I'd do as a teacher entering VELS scores.  In fact
I only have VCE this year so it's not an issue except for the fact that
I'm the bunny writing the database to do our reporting, including VELS.
  It all works well, but the XML data inport/export is a pain.  I'm
cheating by using Filemaker to generate the domain scores and Visual
Basic to turn the data into XML to export to CASES21 :-)


Kevork Krozian wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>  I hate to do this, but I haven't heard from the reporting list so I am
> cross posting this for your advice please.
>
>
>>>> Kevork Krozian 6/06/2007 10:29 am >>>
> Hi Folks,
>
>    Consider this dilemma ,
>
> Students do a compulsory elective of ICT in 1 semester of Year 9 ( or
> Yr 10 for that matter ). All students will do this elective, either in
> Sem 1 or Sem 2. It is the same work for both semesters. Student X does
> Sem 1, student Y does Sem 2.  They are twins.
>
>  Both attain a progression point of 5.5 . However, student X gets a
> grade of B and student Y gets a grade of C for the same work. So , how
> do we explain this to parents ?  They are both achieving the same , yet
> score different grades by the randomness of elective selection and
> different stages ( or ages ) of assessment .
>
>  How do we reconcile this ?
>
> Look forward to your replies
>
>
>
> Kevork Krozian
> IT Manager , Forest Hill College
> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au <http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au/> 
> Mobile: 0419 356 034
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