Next month, a randomly selected sample of Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 learners will participate in the ACER ISA assessments. The International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) is a high-quality assessment used by international schools and schools with an international focus to monitor student performance over time and to confirm that their internal assessments are aligned with international expectations of performance.
The ISA supports Nexus to compare themselves against other schools worldwide as part of our quality assurance processes. ACER has gained invaluable experience in developing assessments that are culturally and educationally appropriate for students from many language and educational backgrounds. The ISA is based on the internationally endorsed frameworks for the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
The ISA provides:
If you would like to find out more about the ISA assessments, please contact Justin Potter or Paul Beach. If you do not want your child to be included in the random selection, please let us know by Friday, 22 September.
We will share the main findings in January 2017 when the data is fully analysed against all the other schools taking part.