Queensland Board of Senior Secondary School Studies (QBSSSS) reports
This page provides access to QBSSSS research reports. On 1 July 2002, this organisation merged with the Queensland School Curriculum Council (QSCC) and the Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority (TEPA) to form the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA).
Review of school-based assessment (ROSBA)
Assessment and moderation
- Panel participation study 2001 May 2002 (PDF, 93 kB)
- Assessment of higher order thinking skills (HOTS), 2001 (PDF, 221 kB)
- Evaluation of pilot electronic submission for verification, October 2001 (PDF, 187 kB)
- Issues and practices in deciding competency: A discussion paper , 2000 (PDF, 310 kB)
- Assumptions and origins of competency-based assessment: New challenges for teachers, November 1999 (PDF, 126 kB)
- High-quality assessment: We are what we believe and do, May 1999 (PDF, 105 kB)
- Principles for the integrity, quality and long-term credibility of certificates of achievement, 1999 (PDF, 546 kB)
- Criteria-based assessment: The Queensland experience, reprinted 1998 (PDF, 109 kB)
- Studying assessment practices: A resource for teachers in schools, September 1995 (PDF, 191 kB)
- Ideologies, principles and philosophies underpinning moderation in Australia, September 1991 (PDF, 514 kB)
Curriculum, syllabuses and Study Area Specifications
- Time allocation for Board Subjects, June 2002 (PDF, 88 kB)
- Evaluation of Study Area Specification: Physical Recreation, February 2002 (PDF, 332 kB)
- Evaluation of Study Area Specification: Social & Community Studies, February 2002 (PDF, 304 kB)
- Evaluation of Study Area Specifications: Survey instruments, 2001 (PDF, 1456 kB)
- Runs on the board: Meeting the future challenges of post-compulsory school education in Queensland, December 1999 (PDF, 231 kB)
- The development and approval of syllabuses for Board Subjects, March 1999 (PDF, 1121 kB)
Equity
- Are Australian boys underachieving? June 1997 (PDF, 178 kB)
- Changing populations and changing results: Gender differences in senior studies 1987-95, November 1996 (PDF, 149 kB)
- Language and equity: A discussion paper for writers of school-based assessment instruments, November 1995 (PDF, 268 kB)
Secondary-tertiary linkages and pathways
Testing
- An exploration of validity and reliability that tolerates distinct privileges: Standardization and contextualised judgments, 1995
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Last reviewed: 21 December 2007
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