Kia ora Tim

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 29
August 2024 seeking the following information:

          

 I request any information pertaining to the development of the US32406
(Apply mathematics and statistics in a range of everyday situations)
co-requisite assessment that was administered during Term 2, 2024. For the
avoidance of doubt, the paper that forms the basis of this request is
available on the Authority’s website:
[1]https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/NCEA/Li...

 

As an indication of the scope of this request, such information should
include (but need not be limited to):

 

1. Communication between authors, reviewers, and other people close to the
development process regarding the specification of the paper. The purpose
of including this in the request is to gain insight into the requirements
that guided authors during the development of the paper.

 

2. Every iteration of the assessment, including any commentary from
authors or reviewers that might be associated with each draft. The purpose
of including this in the request is to establish insight into the nature
of the writing and review process and how authors and reviewers came to
produce a paper that was deemed to be fit for purpose. Drafts and comments
should be supplied in chronological order.

 

3. Communication between any party regarding how ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ grades
would be awarded. The purpose of including this in the request is to gain
insight into how the ‘rubric’ was developed. This communication could have
taken place prior to the exam, or post-hoc (i.e., if the rubric was
revised in response to, e.g., student performance).

 

4. Communication between any party regarding trends in overall student
performance (including overall performance on specific questions). The
purpose of including this in the request is to understand i) whether there
were questions on the assessment that the Authority have subsequently
deemed to be ineffectual or inappropriate, and ii) whether student
performance influenced the ‘rubric’ post-hoc (i.e., whether student
performance influenced the Authority to make the threshold for passing
more or less stringent).

 

5. Communication between any party regarding instructions provided to
markers of the assessment. The purpose of including this in the request is
to understand how the Authority established a unified approach to marking
questions that allowed for subjectivity, and how feedback from markers
influenced the Authority. This should not include communication from
individual markers to NZQA.

 

6. Communication between any party regarding future assessments of the
same standard that references the Term 2 2024 assessment. This could
include references to the assessment development process or the outcomes
of the assessment.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 26
September 2024. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.   If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release where possible. 
We will let you know when we respond, if we intend to publish it. Your
name and contact details will be removed before publication.  Please
contact us if you have any questions about that.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

 

For any enquiries about your request. please contact
[2][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

Ngā mihi nui

NZQA Ministerials team

 

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Kia ora Tim

 

Please find attached a letter extending the time needed to respond to your
request.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

 

From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 2 September 2024 10:16 AM
To: [FOI #28233 email]
Subject: OC01159 Acknowledgement of Official Information request -
Development of US32406 Assessment (Term 2 2024)

 

Kia ora Tim

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 29
August 2024 seeking the following information:

          

 I request any information pertaining to the development of the US32406
(Apply mathematics and statistics in a range of everyday situations)
co-requisite assessment that was administered during Term 2, 2024. For the
avoidance of doubt, the paper that forms the basis of this request is
available on the Authority’s website:
[1]https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/NCEA/Li...

 

As an indication of the scope of this request, such information should
include (but need not be limited to):

 

1. Communication between authors, reviewers, and other people close to the
development process regarding the specification of the paper. The purpose
of including this in the request is to gain insight into the requirements
that guided authors during the development of the paper.

 

2. Every iteration of the assessment, including any commentary from
authors or reviewers that might be associated with each draft. The purpose
of including this in the request is to establish insight into the nature
of the writing and review process and how authors and reviewers came to
produce a paper that was deemed to be fit for purpose. Drafts and comments
should be supplied in chronological order.

 

3. Communication between any party regarding how ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ grades
would be awarded. The purpose of including this in the request is to gain
insight into how the ‘rubric’ was developed. This communication could have
taken place prior to the exam, or post-hoc (i.e., if the rubric was
revised in response to, e.g., student performance).

 

4. Communication between any party regarding trends in overall student
performance (including overall performance on specific questions). The
purpose of including this in the request is to understand i) whether there
were questions on the assessment that the Authority have subsequently
deemed to be ineffectual or inappropriate, and ii) whether student
performance influenced the ‘rubric’ post-hoc (i.e., whether student
performance influenced the Authority to make the threshold for passing
more or less stringent).

 

5. Communication between any party regarding instructions provided to
markers of the assessment. The purpose of including this in the request is
to understand how the Authority established a unified approach to marking
questions that allowed for subjectivity, and how feedback from markers
influenced the Authority. This should not include communication from
individual markers to NZQA.

 

6. Communication between any party regarding future assessments of the
same standard that references the Term 2 2024 assessment. This could
include references to the assessment development process or the outcomes
of the assessment.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 26
September 2024. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.   If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release where possible. 
We will let you know when we respond, if we intend to publish it. Your
name and contact details will be removed before publication.  Please
contact us if you have any questions about that.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

 

For any enquiries about your request. please contact
[2][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

Ngā mihi nui

NZQA Ministerials team

 

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