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English Online InterviewAdministration and Module Selection Advice

Published by Student Learning DivisionDepartment of Education andEarly Childhood DevelopmentMelbourneFebruary 2013

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Contents

English Online Interview assessment period 4

Module selection recommendations 4

EOI Scale Score 5

Score points for each module 5

Module 1 6

Module 2 7

Module 3 8

Module 4 9

EOI Scale Score / Indicative AusVELS Level 10

English Online Interview Administration and Module Selection Advice

English Online Interview assessment period The English Online Interview assessment period occurs at the beginning of each school year. Details are published on the English Online Interview homepage each year at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/assessment/Pages/default.aspx.

It is mandatory for Prep students to be assessed during the English Online Interview assessment period. Schools can elect to use the English Online Interview for students in Years 1 and 2 during the assessment period.

To ensure the integrity of data and make valid comparisons of student achievement, all assessments should be finalised within the assessment period. Schools are encouraged to use the Interview during the assessment period to collect baseline data for students in Prep and to track, review and monitor progress for students in Years 1 and 2.

Module selection recommendations All modules are available for use during the assessment period.

Each module includes tasks and questions of a wide range of difficulty which match the expected range of student achievement for students in years Prep to 2. This decision should be made balancing the recommendations below with the particular needs of the individual student with consideration given to the range of difficulty of the tasks and questions in each module as outlined in the specific module information provided in this document.

Following the ACER evaluation of the student data the recommended modules for each year level are:

Year Level Recommended Module

Start of Prep Module 1

Start of Year 1 Module 2

Start of Year 2 Module 3

When all students in a year level complete a common module, information at an item level across the class can be easily compared. Groups of students with similar teaching needs can be identified based on their responses and patterns and trends of learning within a class can also be identified. If students within a year level are administered different modules the overall results will be directly comparable, however other comparisons can only be made by matching similar items across the different modules.

Module 4 is also available. This module could be used with students that have previously completed the English Online Interview in Year 1 and their results indicate they are operating at a higher level than expected and provides flexibility for students who have already completed Module 3. Module 4 provides evidence of achievement at AusVELS levels 2 – 4.

Further information on the content of each module is available in the video clips and assessment notes titled Understanding the English Online Interview available on the English Online Interview website at: www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/assessment/Pages/understanding.aspx


http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/assessment/Pages/understanding.aspx



EOI Scale Score Reports in the English Online Interview are based on the EOI Scale score. When Victorian schools were using the VELS, the EOI Scale score was converted to an indicative VELS level. From 2013 the EOI Scale score will be converted to the AusVELS achievement standards but where possible the reports will show both the EOI Scale score and the indicative AusVELS level. As the questions in the English Online interview have not changed and reporting has always been based on the EOI Scale score, it is possible to continue to access and use historical data from the Interview.

Score points for each moduleEach question or task in the English Online Interview has a rubric that teachers use to evaluate students’ responses. The rubrics associate score points with the various responses a student may give to a question. In questions where a response is simply correct or incorrect, the correct response will have a single score point. In other questions, the rubrics generate multiple score points. For example, a rubric with four possible response categories will have three score points for the highest level responses, two score points for the next level responses and one score point for the lowest level responses. ‘No attempt’ is awarded zero score points. The score points awarded for responses to the questions of a module are added to make a total module score.

In the following pages the number of scores on a module available at each AusVELS level, mapped on to the English Online Interview EOI scale, is provided for each module. This is used as the basis for identifying how well the module is matched to the expected achievement levels of the target student groups.

Care needs to be taken when interpreting data for students who demonstrate achievement at levels where there are relatively few module scores. This applies to students who are working well above expected levels as well as students who are working well below expected levels.

Locations on the EOI scale are expressed numerically with scale scores in eoi units. For example, a scale score of 126 eoi units is the location of the boundary between AusVELS Levels 1 and 2.


Module 1Module 1 is recommended for students at the beginning of Prep. The following table gives the number of different scores on Module 1 that are available for each AusVELS Level. As shown in the table, almost all of the scores on Module 1 fall in AusVELS Foundation and Level 1, below 126 eoi units.

AusVELS Level and location on EOI scaleNumber of scores

on Module 1

AusVELS Level 4

above 154 eoi units2

AusVELS Level 3

between 140 and 154 eoi units3

AusVELS Level 2


AusVELS Level 1


AusVELS Foundation Level

below 108 eoi units36

Module 1 is well matched to the expected range of achievement levels for most students at the start of Prep. It provides extensive evidence of achievement (52 module scores) to show what students can do as they work in AusVELS Foundation and Level 1.

Students working above 126 eoi units are at the upper extreme of the distribution range for students starting Prep. Module 1 provides only a very small amount of indicative evidence of achievement above 126 eoi units – there are only two module scores to indicate skills in AusVELS Level 4, three in AusVELS Level 3 and seven in AusVELS Level 2.


Module 2Module 2 is recommended for students beginning Year 1. The following table gives the number of different scores on Module 2 that are available for each AusVELS Level. Most of the scores on Module 2 are for responses that range from AusVELS Foundation to AUSVELS Level 2, below 140 eoi units. There is a small number of module scores (17 scores) in AusVELS Levels 3 and 4.


on Module 2

AusVELS Level 4


AusVELS Level 3


AusVELS Level 2


AusVELS Level 1




Module 2 is well matched to the expected range of achievement levels of most students at the start of Year 1. It provides extensive evidence of achievement (55 module scores) to show what students can do as they work in AusVELS Foundation and Level 1 and provides a reasonable indication of skills in AusVELS Level 2 (20 module scores).

Students working at or below 108 eoi units are at the lower extreme of the distribution range for students starting Year 1. Students working in AusVELS Level 3 are at the upper extreme of the distribution for start of Year 1. Module 2 provides only a small amount of indicative evidence of student achievement above 140 eoi units (17 scores).


Module 3Module 3 is recommended for students beginning Year 2. The following table gives the number of different scores on Module 3 that are available for each AusVELS level. Most scores on Module 3 are for responses that range from AusVELS Level 1 to AusVELS Level 3 (76 scores), between 108 and 154 eoi units. There are also module scores in AusVELS Foundation (21 scores) and in AusVELS Level 4 (13 scores).


on Module 3

AusVELS Level 4


AusVELS Level 3


AusVELS Level 2


AusVELS Level 1




Module 3 is well matched to the expected range of achievement levels for most students starting Year 2. Module 3 provides extensive evidence of student achievement (59 scores) to show what students can do as they work in AusVELS Level 1 (32 scores) and in AusVELS Level 2 (27 scores). Module 3 provides some indicative evidence of student achievement in AusVELS Level 3 (17 scores) and AusVELS Level 4 (13 scores).


Module 4The following table gives the number of different scores on Module 4 that are available for each AusVELS Level. Most of the module scores are for responses that range from AusVELS Level 1 up to responses in AusVELS Level 3 (73 scores) between 108 and 154 eoi units, with some scores in AusVELS Level 4 (16 scores). Data from the October 2009 assessment period indicated that Module 4 is well matched for approximately seventy five per cent of students at the end of Year 2 and is less suited to approximately 25 per cent of students working close to or in AusVELS Level 3.


on Module 4

AusVELS Level 4


AusVELS Level 3


AusVELS Level 2


AusVELS Level 1




Module 4 provides reasonable evidence of achievement in AusVELS Level 1 (25 scores) and AusVELS Level 2 (27 scores). Module 4 also provides some evidence of achievement in AusVELS Level 3 (21 scores) and a small amount of indicative evidence in AusVELS Level 4 (16 scores).

Students working below 108 eoi units are at the lower extreme of the distribution for students at the end of Year 2. There are only 12 scores in Module 4 for responses in AusVELS Foundation Level. Students working in AusVELS Level 4 are at the upper extreme of the distribution for the end of Year 2. Module 4 provides a small amount of indicative evidence of student achievement at this level (16 scores).


EOI Scale Score / Indicative AusVELS Level


AusVELS Foundation level is the region of the scale below 108 EOI

AusVELS Level 1 is the region of the scale between 108 and 126



80

90

100

110

120

130

150

160

170

180


AusVELS Level 1

AusVELS Level 2

AusVELS Level 3

AusVELS Level 4

A scale score is expressed in EOI units, e.g. the scale score of 120 EOI represents location 120 on the EOI scale.

It is important to keep in mind that boundaries between indicative AusVELS

levels overlap significantly

Indicative AusVELS LevelEOI Scale Score

108 EOI

126 EOI

140 EOI

154 EOI

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