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in Section 5.4.3.1.2 of the BSSS Policy and Procedures Manual) and (b) from linguistically diverse backgrounds.
(3) If the answer to (2)(a) is no, can the Minister repeat the answer to (1)(b) for data sets that include the data for students with “aberrant AST scores”.
(4) What five subjects have achieved the (a) highest and (b) lowest “AST vs Score” correlations across all colleges on average in each of the individual years 2003 to 2007 (or 2003 to 2008 if 2008 data is available).
(5) What five colleges have achieved the (a) highest and (b) lowest “AST vs Score” correlations across all subjects on average in each of the individual years 2003 to 2007 (or 2003 to 2008 if 2008 data is available).
(6) Can the Minister confirm that the AST-based process used to scale between and within ACT system colleges is (a) most valid for colleges and subjects in which “No.” (group size) and “AST vs Score” (correlation) values are greatest and (b) less than valid for subjects and colleges in which negative “AST vs Score” correlations arise.
(7) Why doesn’t the ACT Scaling Test contain a proper mathematics test to properly and validly scale mathematics results across different colleges, and similarly for English at least, and possibly history and all subjects, in order provide a valid scaling mechanism.
(8) Could ACT students sit NSW Higher School Certificate exams in subjects such as mathematics, English and foreign languages for scaling purposes only in order to achieve a valid scaling process that vastly improves on the current process; if not, why not.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) (a) (i)-(vi) The figures can be determined from the data in the No. column in Table 9.1 in the Year 12 Study for 2003, 2004 and 2005 and Table 9.1a in the Year 12 Study for 2006, 2007 and 2008. The 2008 Year 12 Study is now available on the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies’ website.
(b) (i)-(vii) The figures can be determined from the data in Table 9.1 in the Year 12 Study for 2003, 2004 and 2005 and Table 9.1a in the Year 12 Study for 2006, 2007 and 2008.
(2) (a) For years 2006, 2007, 2008 the data in Table 9.1a does not include data for students, including students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, with fully ‘aberrant AST scores’ (as defined in section 5.4.3.1.2 of the BSSS Policy and Procedures Manual). The aberrant score policy (as defined in section 5.4.3.1.2 of the BSSS Policy and Procedures Manual) only applied from the 2006 graduating cohort.
(b) For years 2003, 2004, 2005 the data in Table 9.1 does not include data for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. For years 2006, 2007, 2008 the data in Table 9.1a does not include data for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with fully ‘aberrant AST scores’ (as defined in section 5.4.3.1.2 of the BSSS Policy and Procedures Manual). In 2006 a modified version of the AST was introduced for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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