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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
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