June 2024 EmaiLink 4

Key dates and information

Please refer to the online version of the Key Dates to ensure you have access to the most up to date information:

Key dates for secondary assessment

14 June

Final date to submit Memorandum of Agreement online

17 June

Exam Centre Manager nominations close online

1 July

Data file submission due

Attach SAC entitlements to external standards from now

24 July

Submission instructions published on the NZQA website for submissions due 30 October

1 August

Data file submission due

5 August

Release of results for Literacy and Numeracy | Te Reo Matatini me Te Pāngarau co-requisite Assessment Event 1

Latest circulars

A2024/9: Approved Calculator List 2024

A2024/8: Changes to 2024 New Zealand Scholarship Drama assessment

May 2024: Code News for Schools

Submission of external moderation 2024

A reminder that material for each standard identified for external moderation must be submitted as soon as practical after the assessment process for that standard is completed, (i.e. following the completed internal moderation process and provision of results for that standard).

At all NCEA levels, the material submitted for external moderation needs to be from the current year.

Assessment Matters 2023/14

Co-requisite - Assessment Event 1 summary June 2024

Assessment Event 1 (AE1) for Literacy and Numeracy standards ran successfully from 20 – 31 May 2024.  Actual participation was lower than entry numbers for each standard:

Standard	Entry numbers for AE1 2024	Completed assessments
Numeracy	66,809	55,453
Literacy - Reading	65,643	54,685
Literacy - Writing	63,692	51,689

The information gathered from schools and kura about intended participation days prior to AE1 was valuable and consistent with actual participation. This means - as anticipated - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings of the first week, and Tuesday morning of the second week had the greatest number of students participating. 

• There was a minor update to the format of the numeracy assessment in the early part of the first week.
• We received feedback about system behaviour when students accessed the assessment after being locked out and amended the number of notifications to supervisors following a warning message to students. This meant that supervisors were not overwhelmed by a large number of notifications and could continue to focus on actively supervising students in the assessment.
• Changing the frequency of notifications did not impact on our ability to collect data about all activity on the system by students, supervisors and administrators, and we acknowledge that this may have been a cause of concern for some.
• In contrast to the large numbers of assessments completed online, we received around 1500 student responses scanned and submitted for marking.

Te Reo Matatini me Te Pāngarau assessments are running from 10 – 21 June 2024.

Results for Literacy, Numeracy, Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau assessments will be released the week beginning 5 August 2024.

Assessment Event 2 (AE2) entries for co-requisite standards

Please wait till after results release (5 August) to update entries to AE2 for those who were entered for AE1.

We are asking for you to do this because:

• if a student had an entry for AE1 then they will get a result for that standard (N, A or SNA) and so can’t be removed from the standard in a later data file
• if their entry is then changed to AE2 and is not needed (because they pass the standard) the AE can’t be changed back to AE1 because that assessment window will have passed. This means it will appear you have more students to manage and access than required
• an AE must be selected for an entry in Literacy, Numeracy, Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau to be processed.

For students who weren’t entered for AE1, then it is fine for them to be entered into AE2 now.

We understand that there is not much time between receiving results and needing entries for AE2. We are looking at ways to improve this timeframe in the future, but at present the marking process requires this amount of time.

We will be again asking schools and kura to indicate which date(s), session (morning or afternoon) and the numbers of students expected to be participating in the Literacy and Numeracy, Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau assessments in September, similar to the approach used for students participating in DCAT assessments.

More information will be available in July. 

Te Ao Haka – NZC Kaupapa ako Māori

Guide to preparing for TAPā assessments

Our short guide to preparing for TAPā assessments contains a list of the important information and support available for ākonga and kaiako in preparation for Te Ao Haka TAPā assessments.

Go to our guide for preparing for Te Ao Haka TAPā assessments

Visit the Te Ao Haka TAPā page to view the latest assessment specifications and other important information for preparing for TAPā assessments.

Go to the Te Ao Haka TAPā page

Te Ao Haka Te Hiranga (Scholarship) – Tauaromahi (Exemplar)

The following are now available for Te Ao Haka Te Hiranga:

• Performance standard
• Assessment specifications
• Exemplar
• Assessment schedule

You can download the exemplar and access the documents on the website.

Go to the Te Ao Haka Te Hiranga page

External assessment

Samoan Level 2 (91143), Samoan Level 3 (91564)

The Assessment Specifications for Level 2 and Level 3 Samoan have been updated.

For those doing a paper-based examination, listening will commence in the second hour of the examination and candidates will be advised 5 minutes before the hour that the listening will commence.

NZQA is reviewing whether to change the structure of the Samoan examinations for 2025 and beyond to bring them into line with other languages.

Any change to the 2025 examination will be communicated to schools and kura before the end of this year.

Translations for New Zealand Curriculum L1 submitted assessment tasks

Translations into te Reo Māori for Level 1 submitted assessment tasks will not be available in 2024.

NZQA is committed to reviewing this for 2025.

Translations for end-of-year examinations will be available on request as with previous years.

Core generic standards for Literacy, Numeracy or Te Pāngarau requirements

Use of core generic standards

The sub-set of standards with usage restrictions to achieve the NCEA co-requisite requirement includes the core generic standards (commonly referred to as the 266 series of standards).

These standards may only be used to meet the co-requisite requirement by secondary students enrolled with alternative education providers, activity centres, specialist schools, teen-parent units, health schools, and youth justice facilities in the current academic year.

Tertiary students are also eligible.  Students who hold concurrent secondary and tertiary enrolments in an academic year are not eligible, e.g. students enrolled with a school and completing an additional short course with a TEO.

The eligibility to use the 266 series in support of the co-requisite is dependent on a student’s enrolment status during the year assessment results are reported. NZQA provides reported results to the MoE who data match those results against the student NSN and their ENROL record to decide their eligibility to use the restricted standards to meet the co-requisite requirements.

Students must complete the 266** package in the same academic year as having been enrolled in TEOs or with alternative education providers, activity centres, specialist schools, teen-parent units, health schools, and youth justice facilities.

Information explaining the restriction regarding their use during the transitional years of 2024-2025 is available here:

Additional assessment standards with usage restrictions - NCEA.education.govt (external link)