Page 54 - Beacon Hill School Annual Report 2016-17

External Assessment Results 2016 - 2017 External Assessment Results 2016 - 2017

ISA
In 2016-17, all Year 4, 5 and 6 sat the International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) in late

September. The ISA assessment has been specially developed to measure skills in mathematical ISA: Mathematical Literacy and Reading (Mean Score)
literacy, reading and writing of students in international schools. The ISA has been developed
by the Australian Council for Educational Research. 500
450

The assessments included a reading literacy test, a mathematical literacy test and two writing 400

tests. The tests included both multiple-choice and open-ended tasks. 350
300
The scores are reported using the ISA Scale Score which ranges from 0-800. ISA Scale Score 250 BHS
200

The scores on any single scale are comparable regardless of which level of assessment is taken. 150 All ISA Schools

For example, a score of 325 on the Year 4 Mathematical Literacy assessment indicates the 100
same level of proficiency as a score of 325 on the Year 6 Mathematical Literacy assessment. 50
0

However, the ISA scale scores are not comparable across subjects. For example, a score of Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6
325 for Mathematical Literacy does not necessarily indicate the same level of proficiency as a Mathematical Literacy Reading

score of 325 for Reading Literacy. The charts below show that the average Beacon Hill School
student in each year group attained higher than the average student in the corresponding ISA
cohort.
ISA: Writing (Mean Score)

ISA Years 4, 5 & 6 September 2016 600

Mean ISA Scale Score (per student)

Mathematical Reading Writing Writing 500
Literacy Narrative Exposition 400

Y4 Y5 Y6 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y4 Y5 Y6
BHS 354 421 465 362 378 443 398 432 490 422 464 502 ISA Scale Score 300

ESF 317 388 446 311 356 417 381 421 470 410 452 494 200 BHS

ISA cohort 306 377 431 291 345 403 363 404 452 399 438 479 100 All ISA Schools

0

Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6
Ms Susan Chung
Narrative Exposition

Writing Writing