MSE9 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

The Assessments

Dates of the Assessments

Administration Guidelines

Information Sheet

Information for Teachers

Marking

Information for Parents

Home Schooling

MSE9 ASSESSMENTS

Mathematics

English

Science

MSE9 RESULTS AND REPORTING

Public Reports

Digital Version

Wamse Scales

Reporting to Parents

Reporting to Schools

Support for Schools

Evaluation

WAMSE (Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education) refers to the unit of measurement that describes achievement in the different learning areas. In much the same way as distances can be measured in centimetres or inches and temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, achievement may be represented with the use of different WAMSE scales.

For the Monitoring Standards in Education Year 9 Assessment (MSE9) program, there are WAMSE scales for reading, writing, viewing, science and mathematics. A WAMSE score in one area is not directly comparable with a WAMSE score in another area. For example, it is not possible to directly compare a score in reading with a score in writing.

The element in common to all WAMSE scales is that the typical range of achievement varies between about 0 and 800. An important characteristic of the WAMSE scales is that they permit comparisons over time within a given aspect of learning. A year 9 reading score on the scale is comparable with a year 5 or 7 score, even though the students attempted different questions on their respective tests. Furthermore, a reading score on the WAMSE scale in one calendar year is comparable with a reading score in a different year. A WAMSE is therefore a measurement of achievement within a particular aspect of learning that does not depend upon year group or year of testing.

MSE9 Raw score - WAMSE conversion tables

Raw score - WAMSE conversion tables can be viewed here.

Sample School Reports

Sample school reports showing key WAMSE points on each achievement scale can be viewed at

Science.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF 17.4KB)

Reading.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF 18.2KB)

Mathematics.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF 16.4KB)

Writing.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF 17.7K)