Managing National Assessment (MNA) reviews include a school visit to gather evidence about the effectiveness of a school’s assessment for national qualifications.
Arrangements for the visit
To plan for the visit, the Principal’s Nominee:
- completes a pre-review template
- selects teachers in the learning areas or departments to be interviewed by the School Relationship Manager
- briefs staff and students about the evidence sought, including possible questions that may be asked
- prepares a meeting schedule
- sends the School Relationship Manager a copy of the meeting schedule, the completed pre-review template and the school guidelines for teachers and students on assessment policy and practice.
Documents
MNA pre-review template [PDF, 160 KB]
MNA visit guidelines for the Principal's Nominee [PDF, 268 KB]
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Evidence of assessment systems
Documentary evidence for the visit might include whole-school documentation, such as:
- assessment policy and procedures
- external and internal moderation record keeping and monitoring
- data management procedures
- achievement data analysis and evaluation
- school review processes and findings.
Department documentation might include:
- course outlines or assessment statements provided to students
- evidence of processes used to quality assure internal assessment, and student entry and results data
- external moderation reports from the previous year and evidence of follow-up action
- analysis of previous years' results
- an example of how student results are recorded
- a selection of assessed student work for external moderation
- samples of assessment material, the task and schedule of correct or acceptable answers.