MONITORING STANDARDS IN EDUCATION YEAR 9 ASSESSMENT (MSE9)

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The English Assessment

The Reading and Writing Outcomes of the English Learning Area will be assessed.

Students will complete

·          one Reading assessment of 60 minutes

·          one Writing assessment of 60 minutes

The Reading assessment will include imaginative, informational and persuasive texts that are relevant to a range of curriculum areas. For the Writing assessment, students will be required to write an essay.

For the Reading assessment, students will be required to use the conventions of the various text types to locate, interpret, infer and evaluate information within the context of the texts' production and reception.

For the Writing Assessment, approximately 30 minutes is spent generating ideas through discussion and planning, and approximately 30 minutes is spent writing.


Information for Teachers

Information for Teachers MSE9 2006 Booklet (Adobe Acrobat PDF 2945KB)

Teachers Administration Instructions

2007 MSE9 English Teachers Administration Instructions (Adobe Arobat PDF 1.79MB)

2006 MSE9 English Teachers Administration Instructions (Adobe Acrobat PDF 1.23MB)


Marking Guides

Marking guides for the Reading and Writing tasks are downloadable here:

READING:

2007 Reading Marking Guide (Adobe Acrobat PDF 24.5KB)

2006 Reading Marking Guide (Adobe Acrobat PDF 97.5KB)


ESSAY :

2007 A3 Essay Marking Guide (Adobe Acrobat PDF 141KB)

2006 A3 Essay Marking Guide (Adobe Acrobat PDF 206KB)

2007 Essay Marking Guide - Book (Adobe Acrobat PDF8.25MB)

2006 Essay Marking Guide - Book (Adobe Acrobat PDF 5.59MB)

 

Insights into Student Reading Performance

Close examination of students' response patterns on MSE9 assessments can provide useful insights into student achievement and conceptual development.

For insights into student performance in Reading, click here:

Reading.pdf

 

MSE9 2004-2006 Rawscore-WAMSE Conversion Tables

The following conversion tables allow the user to convert raw test scores to WAMSE scores so that appropriate comparisons can be made.

 

 

 

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