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Overview of TSA 2015 and onwards
(for Primary Schools)
Education Assessment Services Division
18 September 2014
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
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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
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TSA Review
Topics
• Optimization of TSA Reports
• TSA Implementation Mode
• Source of Stress
• Use of TSA data
• TSA Design and Content
• TSA Administration Arrangement
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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
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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
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TSA Reports
Reports
Content
Format
School Report
 State the percentages of students attaining the
BC standards (for secondary schools only
starting from 2014)
 State the school average scores and school
average versus territory-wide average for each
skill/dimension in each sub-paper
 PDF
Item Analysis
Report (Sorted by
sub-papers)
 Illustrate individual school performances in
different sub-papers of the three subjects by
indicating the percentages of student responses
in each item
 PDF
 EXCEL (since 2013)
Item Analysis
Report (Sorted by
BC)
 Illustrate individual school performances in
different BC descriptors by indicating the
percentages of student responses in each item
 PDF
 EXCEL (since 2013)
 Online platform
(commence in 2014)
Supplementary
Report
 Exclude students requiring different learning
needs and/or students with Special Educational
Needs (SEN)
 Exclude Non Chinese-speaking students (NCS)
 PDF
Territory-wide
System
Assessment
Report
 Illustrate the performances of students at P.3,
P.6 and S.3 in Chinese, English and Maths
 https://www.bca.hkeaa.edu.hk/bca/login.do
 Print
 Online
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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
Year
Level
2013
2014
Primary 3, Primary 6 & Secondary 3
Primary 3, Secondary 3
2015
2016
Primary 3, Primary 6 & Secondary 3
Primary 3, Secondary 3
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Subject
Chinese,
English &
Mathematics
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Views from Schools
TSA Administration Arrangement
• Maths TSA in primary and secondary levels be
conducted after English Language TSA
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Subject Order in the Primary 3 and 6 TSA (e.g. 2015)
Date
Session
Subject
1
Chinese Language – Reading
2
Chinese Language – Listening
16 June 2015
(Break)
3
Chinese Language – Writing
1
English Language – Reading and Writing
2
English Language – Listening
17 June 2015
(Break)
3
Mathematics
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Views from Schools
TSA Design (Primary Schools)
- Assessment time and no. of items across levels be
adjusted
- Assessment time for certain sub-papers in language
subjects be adjusted to better suit the needs of students
- Increase the duration of reading and writing for P3
English with no change of no. of items
- The duration and no. of items of P6 Chinese Reading,
Listening and CAV assessments be reduced
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Primary 3 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)
Chinese Language
Subject
Dimension
No. of Items
per Sub-paper
Assessment Time
Changes
20-23
25分鐘
NIL
12-15
約20分鐘
NIL
2
40分鐘
NIL
3CSP01-06
6(看圖說故事)
準備時間：3分鐘
說話時間：1分鐘
NIL
3CSG01-06
6(小組交談)
閒談時間：2分鐘
交談時間：2分鐘
NIL
3CAV1
12-14
約15分鐘
NIL
Sub-paper
3CR1
閱讀
3CR2
3CR3
小三
中國語文
聆聽
3CL1
3CL2
寫作
3CW1
3CW2
說話
視聽資訊
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Primary 6 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)
Chinese Language
Subject
Dimension
閱讀
Sub-paper
6CR1-3
No. of Items
per Sub-paper
20-23
Assessment
Time
30分鐘
Changes
評估時間:
由35分鐘減至30分鐘
題數: 25題減至20-23題
小六
中國語文
聆聽
寫作
6CL1-2
14-16
約20分鐘
6CW1-4
2
55分鐘
說話
視聽資訊
6CSY1-3
3(看圖說故事)
6CSP1-3
3(口頭報告)
6CSG1-6
3(小組討論)
6CAV1
12-14
準備時間：
3分鐘
說話時間：
1分鐘
準備時間：
3分鐘
報告時間：
1分鐘
準備時間：
1分鐘
討論時間：
3分鐘
約15分鐘
評估時間:
由約25分鐘減至約20分鐘
題數: 20題減至14-16題
NIL
NIL
NIL
NIL
評估時間:
由約20分鐘減至約15分鐘
題數: 14-15題減至12-14題
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Primary 3 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)
English Language
Subject
Dimension
Sub-paper
No. of Items
per Sub-paper
Assessment
Time
3ERW1
P.3
English
Language
Reading &
Writing
3ERW2
Changes
Reading
(24 - 28)
Writing (1)
30 mins
Assessment time:
from 25 mins to 30
mins
18-22
about 20 mins
NIL
6 (Reading Aloud &
Expression of
Personal
Experiences)
preparation
time:
2 mins
assessment
time:
3 mins
NIL
6 (Picture
Description)
preparation
time:
3 mins
assessment
time:
2 mins
NIL
3ERW3
3EL1
Listening
3EL2
3EL3
Speaking
3ES01, 3ES03,
3ES05, 3ES07,
3ES09, 3ES11
3ES02, 3ES04,
3ES06, 3ES08,
3ES10, 3ES12
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Primary 6 TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)
English Language
Subject
P.6
English
Language
Dimension
Reading &
Writing
Sub-paper
No. of Items
per Sub-paper
Assessment
Time
Changes
6ERW1
6ERW2
Reading
(30 - 34)
Writing (1)
50 mins
26-30
about 30 mins
NIL
6 (Reading Aloud &
Teacher-student
Interaction)
preparation
time:
2 mins
assessment
time:
3 mins
NIL
6 (Presentation)
preparation
time:
3 mins
assessment
time:
2 mins
NIL
NIL
6ERW3
6EL1
Listening
6EL2
6EL3
Speaking
6ES01, 6ES03,
6ES05, 6ES07,
6ES09, 6ES11
6ES02, 6ES04,
6ES06, 6ES08,
6ES10, 6ES12
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Primary Mathematics TSA Framework (Starting from 2015)
Subject
Dimension
Sub-paper
P.3
Mathematics
Number
3MC1/3ME1
Measures
3MC2/3ME2
Shape & Space
3MC3/3ME3
Data Handling
3MC4/3ME4
Number
6MC1/6ME1
Algebra
6MC2/6ME2
Measures
6MC3/6ME3
Shape & Space
6MC4/6ME4
P.6
Mathematics
No. of Items
per Sub-paper
Assessment
Time
Changes
36-40
40 mins
NIL
40-44
50 mins
NIL
Data Handling
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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
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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
Subject
Chinese
Language
English
Language
Mathematics
Total
Key Stage
Key Stage 1
3,388
3,512
4,733
11,633
Key Stage 2
3,579
4,003
4,254
11,836
Key Stage 3
2,980
3,578
4,308
10,866
Total no. of items
34,335
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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
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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 schoolbased assessment through the use of SA.
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Other SA Promotion Activities
- SA Youtube
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Other SA Promotion Activities
- ‘What’s new’
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Thank you!
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