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What is Territory-wide System
Assessment (TSA)? |
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- It is one of the components of Basic Competency
Assessments (BCA) proposed in the Education Commission's 2000
Report entitled Learning for Life, Learning Through Life.
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What is the rationale for
implementing the TSA? |
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- The main purpose of the TSA as seen by the Education
Commission is to provide the Government and school management
with information on schools’ standards in key learning areas of
Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics for the
purposes of school improvement so that the Government would be
able to provide support to those schools in need of assistance
and monitor the effectiveness of education policies.
- The primary design of the TSA is to assess students’
performances at the Basic Competency level. Schools could then
make good use of the assessment data of the TSA to improve the
learning and teaching effectiveness in their schools.
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What are the advantages of the
TSA? |
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- Participating schools will be provided with the overall
assessment results at the territory-wide level and at the school
level so as to improve learning and teaching in their schools.
- In the process of participating in the TSA, teachers
could thoroughly understand the requirements of the current
curriculum and enhance their professional knowledge with
reference to this standard-referenced assessment.
- The Government will be provided with objective data so
as to assess the effectiveness of the education policies.
- The public will be provided with an overall
territory-wide percentage so as to understand the general
performances of Hong Kong school students in three major
subjects: Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics.
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How is the TSA conducted? |
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- The TSA is conducted at the end of Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
(i.e. Primary 3, Primary 6 and Secondary 3 respectively).
- This standard-referenced assessment is mainly focused on
the basic competencies.
- The design of the TSA is based on the Basic Competency
(BC) Descriptors at the end of each Key Stage and the CDC
Curriculum Guide.
- All the schools participate in the TSA.
- All the P.3, P.6 and S.3 students are involved. Each
student is required to attempt only one sub-paper of each
subject.
- The TSA is conducted on designated dates.
- The TSA is mainly conducted in the pencil and paper
mode, except for the oral assessments of Chinese Language and
English Language.
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What kind of information is
provided by the TSA? |
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- The TSA reports will provide an overview of how students
in each school perform against the territory-wide basic
competency standard in Chinese Language, English Language and
Mathematics.
- The territory-wide assessment reports with
territory-wide data will be made available to the general public
and the Government.
- The participating schools will be provided with their
school data.
- No assessment results for individual students will be
made available.
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What are the principles when
using the TSA data? |
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- Comparison on the performances among schools should not
be made.
- Comparison on the performances among students should not
be made.
- Access of the data for an individual school is limited
to the school only.
- Schools are reminded to deal with their school data
seriously to avoid any misuse of data.
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What is the schedule for the
implementation of the TSA? |
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- The TSA was first administered at Primary 3 in May and
July 2004.
- In May and July 2005, both Primary 3 and Primary 6
students took part in the TSA.
- In 2006, all Primary 3, Primary 6 and Secondary 3
students will take part.
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Will the TSA data be used in the
allocation of Secondary School places? |
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- The TSA data will not be used in the allocation of
Secondary School places.
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What should schools do to realize
the benefits brought by the TSA? |
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- Schools should fully understand and acknowledge the
purposes for the implementation of the TSA.
- Schools and teachers should participate and help in the
implementation of the TSA.
- Schools should provide feedback on ways to improve the
implementation of the TSA.
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For any enquiries, please
contact: |
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- Education Bureau: Assistant Secretary (Assessment and
Support) (Tel: 2123 6074)
- Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority:
General Manager (Education Assessment Services) Mr Lai Kwok Wai (Tel: 3628 8100)
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What is the format of user
password? |
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School Administrator
| Length |
8 – 12 |
| Characters |
Alpha-numeric (no space)
Combination of number & letter
Password should not include user name
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| Unsuccessful attempt |
10 |
| Password history |
1 |
| Password age |
180 days |
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