Question NW496 to the Minister of Basic Education
05 April 2017 - NW496
Hunsinger, Mr CH to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With regard to the presentation by Umalusi to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on 17 February 2017, what was the suite of evidence referred to in the meeting that was used to justify the adjustments to subject marks for the 2016 National Senior Certificate examination?
Reply:
The suite of evidence includes:
1. All the qualitative input reports:
i) Intervention strategies/evidence-based presentation and reports from DBE,
ii) Cohort description and how it compares with previous cohorts,
iii) Intervention strategies put in place to improve learner performance,
iv) The post exam analysis –expert judgement of the standard of the paper,
v) Level of difficulty of the papers per subject and per question,
vi) Comparing the standard of the current paper with previous papers,
vii) The external moderators’ reports and presentations,
viii) The internal moderators and chief markers’ reports from the assessment bodies (DBE).
2. Statistical analysis per subject:
- Statistic tables,
- Pairs analysis,
- Raw mark distribution,
- Progressed learners mark distribution in comparison with the full cohort (both progressed and non-progressed),
- Pair wise analysis.