Written Assessments Reminder Written Assessments l l 1

Written Assessments

Reminder – Written Assessments l l 1 carton containing Invigilators’ Handbook for use at the Written Assessments will be delivered on 2 Jun, AAS should distribute the Invigilators’ Handbooks to concerned teachers before the assessment All assessment cartons are packed by assessment day and with a label to indicate the total number of carton(s) of the day

Reminder – Written Assessments l Barcode labels are generated from the school data submitted as at 16 Mar 2010 l Teachers are NOT permitted to invigilate their own subject classes l Remind the Invigilators to bring along their personal copies of the Invigilators’ Handbook for use at the assessment sessions

Reminder – Written Assessments l NEW Reporting discrepancies of student data / new students on the assessment day through completing the Student Data Amendment Form. The Form will be provided in the AAA’s Working File

Delivery of Assessment Materials l l is appointed On 17 or 18 June 2010 Between 8: 00 am to 5: 00 pm Same receipt procedures as Oral Assessments

With assessment date and subject(s) Stationery Box with the total number of boxes received

Time of Assessment l l All schools to start at 8: 45 am on both days (with 15 minutes flexibility) Students with special needs may start earlier All schools must follow the assessment timetables given in the Quick Guide Part 5 B – Instructions to AAS All schools must finish the assessments by 1: 15 p. m.

Checklists for Written Assessments l Schools can view the checklists from the TSA Website (www. bca. hkeaa. edu. hk) from 2 June 2010

l Photo around 3 piles of assessment materials for the written assessments 3 different classes

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Checklists for Written Assessments NEW l New checklist for special arrangements

Special Arrangements – WS 6 l l Students requiring enlarged question papers will be given sub-paper 1 for all assessments In Listening Assessments, students may be given a sub-paper different from that of their classmates. In such case, schools should arrange for them to be assessed in a separate room or put them in a class using the same subpaper

Special Arrangements – WS 7 l l Students requiring assessment separately will be given sub-paper 1 for CAV and Listening with 2 additional VCDs / CDs Assorted papers for other assessments

Special Arrangements – WS 7 l l Will not be provided a separate set of barcode labels Their scripts should be returned to their respective classes and Invigilators should then help sticking barcode labels for these students

Support to Non-Chinese Students (NCS) l l Additional bilingual (Chinese and English) instructions for all Chinese assessment papers will be provided to each WS 1 student Enough copies of instructions will be put into the Stationery Box, AAS can distribute the instructions to their WS 1 students if necessary

Support to NCS l After the assessment, invigilators should collect the instructions and put them into the Envelopes for Surplus Materials

Support to NCS l l Additional English Mathematics paper will be provided if the class of NCS students is using Chinese Mathematics paper. Schools may choose using either language for these students according to their learning needs.

Support to NCS l l NEW Two special CDs/VCDs, with all questions and options read aloud, for Chinese Listening and CAV will be provided to schools with WS 1 students For NCS students ONLY. Schools MAY choose to use the special CD/VCD or not. If they choose to do so, the NCS students will have to take the assessment separately in another classroom or computer room

Support to NCS l l l NEW In Chinese Writing Assessment, schools MAY read aloud the writing topic to the NCS students Schools doing so should arrange for the NCS students to take the assessment separately If schools selected using 1 sub-paper for NCS students, a special paper pack containing copies of only one sub-paper will be provided

Support to NCS l l NEW Schools with NCS students will be provided 3 copies of Special Notes to Invigilators for invigilating NCS students taking the Chinese assessments separately The concerned Special Notes will be delivered to schools with the Invigilators'’ Handbook on 2 June

Procedures related to Marking l l l Both question booklets and answer booklets will be used for all assessment sessions (except Chinese Writing using question-answer booklets (QA booklets)) Students are required to stick barcode labels onto the cover and inner pages of their worked scripts Students are required to use dark blue or black pens to answer questions other than MC questions

Sticking Barcode Labels l Ask the students to check their information on the barcode label

Sticking Barcode Labels l Sticking barcode labels in the box

Sticking Barcode Labels

Sticking Barcode Labels

Sticking Barcode Labels l l Students without barcode labels bearing their class numbers or do not have sufficient reserve labels should simply fill in their respective school code, class name and class number on the cover page of the answer booklet / QA booklet HKEAA will process these answer booklets / QA booklets separately

Answering MC Questions l l Blacken the circles with HB pencils The use of HB pencils produces the best effect. The use of HB mechanical pencil is also acceptable.

Writing within the Frames l Answers written outside the frames will NOT be marked

Using more than 1 Answer Book l l NEW If there is not enough space for students to answer a question, invigilators can provide an extra answer booklet / QA booklet of the same sub-paper to the students Do NOT stick barcode labels on the 2 nd answer book but ask the students to fill in their respective school code, class name and class number on the cover page

Using more than 1 Answer Book l l NEW Staple two answer booklets together HKEAA will process these answer booklets separately

Using more than 1 Answer Book l NEW Invigilators should tally the number of scripts by the number of students taking the assessment but NOT the number of answer books collected when completing the cover of the envelope and Students’ Attendance Record

Collection of Assessment Materials Anytime between 8: 00 am and 5: 00 pm on 25 or 28 June 2010

Bad Weather Arrangements l l l Delivery of assessment materials will be postponed to 21 June 2010 Assessment will be rescheduled to 28 June 2010 Collection of assessment materials will be postponed to 29 June 2010

Thank you!