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SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT

General Information

The MSE Society and Environment School Assessment Materials consist of 8 tests for students in years 3, 7 and 10.

At each year level, six substrands can be assessed, and it is possible to gain an indication of students' level achievement in these strands. The strands are

  • Investigation, Communication & Participation
  • Place and Space
  • Resources
  • Culture
  • Time, Continuity and Change
  • Natural and Social Systems

Before conducting assessments, teachers should leave themselves enough time to read the teachers manual to become familiar with the standardized administration procedures and assessment requirements.

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Task Stimulus Materials

Schools are provided with stimulus materials to use with the assessments. These materials should be kept in schools for use with other classes and for future assessments.

Stimulus materials, as well as the teachers manuals, belong to schools. Teachers and administrators should ensure that they are kept in a safe place for future assessments.

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Year 3 Assessment Tasks

Paper Number
Strands
No. of Questions
Time Allocation
Materials (Include teacher manual for each test)
1
  • Investigation, Communication & Participation
  • Place and Space
  • Resources
29
 40 minutes
  • 1 written test paper per student
2
  • Culture
  • Time, Continuity and Change
  • Natural and Social Systems
31
 40 minutes
  • 1 written test paper per student

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Year 7 Assessment Tasks

Paper Number
Strands
No. of Questions
Time Allocation
Materials (Include teacher manual for each test)
3
  • Investigation, Communication & Participation
  • Place and Space
  • Resources
31
 45 minutes
  • 1 written test paper per student
  • 1 Magazine (Near and Far Paper 3) per student
4
  • Time, Continuity and Change
  • Natural and Social Systems
24
 40 minutes
  • 1 written test paper per student
  • 1 Magazine (Then and Now Paper 4) per student
5
  • Culture (The Eddie Kneebone Story)
11
 1 hr 15 mins
or
2 sessions (40+35 mins)
  • 1 written test paper (includes group discussion sheet) per student
  • 1 Video

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Year 10 Assessment Tasks

Paper Number
Strands
No. of Questions
Time Allocation
Materials (Include teacher manual for each test)
6
  • Investigation, Communication & Participation
  • Place and Space
  • Resources
31
 45 minutes
  • 1 written test paper per student
  • 1 Magazine (Near and Far Paper 6) per student
7
  • Time, Continuity and Change
  • Natural and Social Systems
35
 45 minutes
  • 1 written test paper per student
  • 1 Magazine (Near and Far Paper 7) per student
8
  • Culture (The Eddie Kneebone Story)
11
 1 hr 15 mins
or
2 sessions (40+35 mins)
  • 1 written test paper (includes group discussion sheet) per student
  • 1 Video

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Costs

The MSE assessment materials are intended for school use only. They are provided as a service, free of charge, to WA Government schools. Costs, including postage costs, for educational institutions other than Western Australian government schools will be applied.

The costs of Society and Environment School Assessment materials package are as follows:

  • Primary Package - $25.00 each (contains years 3 & 7 teacher manual and video)
  • Secondary Package- $30.00 each (contains years 7 & 10 teacher manual and video)
  • All student test papers and colour magazines - $0.60 each
  • Additional video The Eddie Kneebone Story (this video is contained in the secondary package) - $5.00 each

Invoices will be sent under separate cover. WA Government schools will NOT be invoiced.

For WA Government schools, there is a limit of one of each type of package per school. Additional packages for these schools will be charged as per the rate for non-government institutions. Student test papers and colour magazines are supplied on a needs basis. Repeat orders of student test papers are not charged, however colour magazines should be retained by schools.

All assessment material is the property of schools. Teachers and administrators should ensure that it is kept in a safe place for future assessments. TOP

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