MONITORING STANDARDS IN EDUCATION

Random Sample Assessment Program

MSE Assessment History

Reporting

School Assessment Materials

Forthcoming Assessments

Order Forms

Making Consistent Judgements

Tracking Student Performance

• What is Reported
• Ordering Reports
• Costs
• PDF Reports

What is Reported

Monitoring Standards in Education (MSE) produces public reports for the Western Australian government education system. These are called Student Achievement in Western Australian Government Schools.

Information on the performance of students in Years 3, 7 and 10 is reported. Within these year groups, information on boys, girls, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students and students with Language Backgrounds Other Than English (LBOTE) is also reported. For each of these groups, the state mean and range of performance is described in terms of the levels of the Outcomes and Standards Framework.

Some learning areas, such as Mathematics and English, are continually assessed and MSE is able to report longitudinal information in these areas. This information allows trends in performance to be observed.

The reports present information descriptively, in table form and through graphs. In some reports, samples of students' work from the assessments are included, to exemplify level achievement.

Ordering Reports

Reports can be obtained from MSE. In some cases, reports are available in PDF format (see below).

Although results have been reported for all Random Sample assessments, some of the reports are now out of print. Details of available reports are on the Report Order Form.

To order reports, click on  Report Order Form.doc - 156KB (word)  or Adobe Acrobat PDF - 23KB

Forms should be printed, then completed and returned to MSE by fax or email. Details are on the form.

Costs

The reports are available free of charge to Western Australian government schools.

Costs, including postage costs, for educational institutions other than Western Australian government schools will be applied.

Invoices for dispatched materials are sent separately. No invoices will be sent to Western Australian government schools.

Details of costs are on the Report Order Form.
Word Doc - 156KB or Adobe Acrobat PDF - 23KB

PDF Reports

• Student Achievement in Technology and Enterprise in Western Australian Government Schools 2000
  PDF (2.5MB)

Student Achievement in English in Western Australian Government Schools

• Reading 1992 - 2002/Writing 1992 - 2002 PDF (906KB)

• Reading 1999 PDF (443KB)

• Viewing 2001 PDF (680KB)

• Speaking and Listening 1999 PDF (1.72MB)

• Speaking and Listening 1995 - 2003 PDF (2.4MB)

Student Achievement in Science in Western Australian Government Schools 1997

• Investigating Scientifically Strand Report PDF (800KB)

• Life and Living Strand Report PDF (596KB)

• Energy and Change Strand Report PDF (641KB)

• Natural and Processed Materials Strand Report PDF (575KB)

• Earth and Beyond Strand Report PDF (652KB)

Student Achievement in LOTE (French and Japanese) in Western Australian Government Schools 2001

• 2001 LOTE Report: Introduction PDF (2.75MB)

• 2001 LOTE Report: French PDF (1.92MB)

• 2001 LOTE Report: Japanese PDF (3.04MB)

• 2001 LOTE Report: Appendix PDF (2.92MB)

Student Achievement in Mathematics in Western Australian Government Schools

• Student Achievement in Mathematics: Western Australian Government Schools 2000 PDF (1.15MB)

• Student Achievement in Mathematics: Western Australian Government Schools 2002PDF (505KB)

• Student Achievement in Mathematics: Working Mathematically: Western Australian Public Schools 2004 PDF (2.59MB)

Student Achievement in Media and Visual Arts in Western Australian Government Schools

• Student Achievement in Media and Visual Arts: Western Australian Government Schools 2003 PDF (3.66MB)