USING TAO AS AN ITEM BANK SOLUTION. Vera Husfeldt Head of division quality development

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1 USING TAO AS AN ITEM BANK SOLUTION Vera Husfeldt Head of division quality development TAO-Days Bern October

2 2 / SOME DETAILS ABOUT SWITZERLAND AND ITS SCHOOL SYSTEM

3 3 / 15 Cantons: Federalism 26 Cantons Population: Canton of Zurich: Population: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden: Population:

4 4 / 15 Context features Federal structure Direct democracy on three levels (Confederation, Cantons, Communities) Responsability for (compulsory) School and Culture : Cantons Decentral governance Multilingualism

5 5 / 15 Four national languages German: 63.7% French: 19.5% Italian: 6.6% Romansh: 0.5% Others: 10%

6 6 / 15 EDK - the 26 cantonal ministers of education In Switzerland, the main responsibility for education and culture lies with the cantons. The 26 cantonal ministers of education together form a political body: the Swiss Conf. of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK). The EDK coordinates educational and cultural policy at the national level.

7 7 / 15 Governance of compulsory school in Switzerland level task instrument EDK language region uniform structures binding standards (benchmarks) coordination of learning contents HarmoS- Treaty core-curriculum and framework curriculum canton governance of the cantonal school system legislation financing implementation municipality school organization & conduct of schools pedagogical implementation partial or semiautonomy of schools

8 8 / 15 Intercantonal agreement (HarmoS-Treaty) Structures Aims Quality 2 years Pre-School School entry age: 4 years 3 years Lower Secondary Possibility of individual pace Compulsory definition of subjects Coordination Foreign Languages National Education Standards Regional Curriculas and Teaching Aids Individual Portfolios Education Standards (Education monitoring) Tests (regional / national)

9 9 / STUDENT ASSESSMENT IN SWITZERLAND

10 Decision on HarmoS-Implementation (Decision EDK, plenary assembly, October, 26th 2007) 10 / According to HarmoS two evaluation functions have to be considered for instruments that evaluate students achievement. Instruments...: for system evaluation on national, regional or cantonal level. The development of these instruments is done for Switzerland as a whole under responsability of the EDK for individual testing and supporting. The development of these instruments is done within the language regions under their own responability.

11 11 / 15 Existing projects System evaluation through PISA with cantonal representative samples. Different assessment projects on cantonal level. Stellwerk St.Gallen Aufgabendatenbank BR NWCH Lingualevel Klassencockpit etc.

12 12 / 15 Synergy In order to benefit from the cooperation of existing projects, we started building up a database for tasks. In so doing, tasks for system evaluation as well as for individual testing can be developed together. Infrastructure can be shared. The next step will be the concretion of the system evaluation. Methodological know-how can be exchanged between EDK and regions/cantons for the benefit of all projects.

13 13 / TASK DATABASE

14 Taskpools inside the database 14 / 15 EDK System evaluation Joint Pool: EDK and language regions D-EDK SR TI Rights of access are administered by the responsable body.

15 15 / 15 The Portal

16 16 / 15 Development process for tasks and tests Formulation Evaluation Adaptation Dévelop- Calibrage Définition de (ou examen) quantitative ou sélection pement des la norme et évaluation des tâches tests (détermination qualitative de la valeur des tâches seuil) GDTT PSY GDTT GDTT PSY GDTT & CDIP

17 17 / 15 Item format QTI Items versus more complex formats Use of the TBA-Itembuilder for the creation of tasks Integration of the TBA-Itembuilder in TAO

18 18 / VERIFICATION OF ATTEINMENT OF STANDARDS IN EDUCATION

19 Time schedule 19 / 15

20 20 / 15 Questions for the test delivery How can we deliver tests with TBA-Itembuilder items through TAO? What are the challenges of online delivery with TAO? What are alternative options with regard to online delivery? Which experiences from other countries should we take into account? Is TAO ready or under which conditions will it be ready to meet the challenges of such a project?

21 21 / 15 Thank you for your attention.