Overview of TSA 2015 and onwards (for Secondary Schools)

1. Basic Competency Assessments (BCA) Overviewof TSA 2015 and onwards (for Secondary Schools) Education Assessment Services Division 18 September 2014

2. TSA Review Background • TSA has been in place since 2004 • Collect feedback from schools to inform improvements in the implementation of TSA Purpose • To optimize the implementation of TSA in the coming years • Optimization includes question items, coverage, reporting functions and implementation arrangements

3. TSA Review Focus Group meetings held • in September and October 2011 • in November and December 2012 • In September 2013 Personnel • Involving over 150 primary and secondary schools from different school types and strata • Representatives: School Heads, Deputy School Heads, PSM(CD)/Academic Masters, Subject Panel Chairpersons / Teachers

4. TSA Review Topics • Optimization of TSA Reports • TSA Implementation Mode • Source of Stress • Use of TSA data • TSA Design and Content • TSA Administration Arrangement

5. Views from Schools TSA Reporting Functions • Deletion of Page 1 of TSA Primary School Report, i.e. the removal of the school’s pass rates (i.e. no BC attainment rates in the three subjects provided to primary schools) • The content of the School Report for secondary schools will remain unchanged for secondary schools only

6. Views from Schools TSA Reporting Functions • Provision of interactive features of the Item Analysis Reports (sorted by BC) with access rights of different school stake-holders

7. TSA Reports

8. Views from Schools TSA Implementation Mode • Implementation mode of P3 and S3 TSA be status quo • P6 opt-in arrangement in alternate years be continued

9. Views from Schools TSA Administration Arrangement • Maths TSA in primary and secondary levels be conducted after English Language TSA

10. Subject Order in the Secondary 3 TSA (e.g. 2015)

11. Views from Schools TSA Design (Secondary Schools) • Assessment time and no. of items across levels be adjusted • A variety of question types be provided

12. Views from Schools TSA Design (Secondary Schools) • Assessment time for certain sub-papers in S.3 English Language be adjusted to allow students sufficient time to demonstrate their language skills. For example, students do not have enough time to express their ideas, especially in ‘Group Interaction’ since the existing duration is only 3 minutes. • For S3 English Reading and Listening, more questions involving filling in blanks be included

13. Secondary 3 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)Chinese Language

14. Secondary 3 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)English Language

15. Secondary 3 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)Mathematics

16. Web-based Student Assessment Background • Part of the BCA Project as proposed by the Education Commission in 2000. • The Student Assessment (SA) was ready for use starting from 2003 Purpose • To provide an extra assessment tool to schools wishing a better understanding of individual students’ learning

17. No. of Web-based SA items Online item bank (as of August 2014) • More than 34,000 items in Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics across key stages 1-3

18. SA Hands-on Training Workshops Purpose • How to use the SA system Mode • Deliver upon invitation by individual schools (on-site) • Invite schools on a territory basis Gains (on-site workshops) • Suit the schedules of individual schools • Training materials to be customized to cater to the needs of teachers’ professional development in different schools

19. School Partnership Scheme for SA Background • An extension to the School-based Pilot Scheme (commenced in 2011) Purpose: To bring assessment into daily practice by • Assisting teachers with the use of SA data in diagnosing the strengths and weaknesses of students, so as to inform learning and teaching; • Helping schools facilitate the development of school-based assessment through the use of SA.

20. Other SA Promotion Activities • SA Youtube

21. Other SA Promotion Activities • ‘What’s new’

22. Thank you!