Religious Literacy Assessment 2015 Data Analysis Staff Meeting for 2015 Results Catholic Education...

Religious Literacy Assessment 2015

Data Analysis Data Analysis

Staff Meeting Staff Meeting

for 2015 Resultsfor 2015 Results

Catholic Education Office, Wollongong – CLEM Services – BR - 2015

Religious Literacy Overview The Religious Literacy Assessment Project is part of the

Partners in Learning initiative begun in 2000 between the Australian Catholic University and CEO Wollongong

Completed its eleventh year in 2015. Its goal is a practical assessment and reporting system at a

diocesan level that contributes to gathering information about the process of learning in RE.

Its aim is to document and report on students’ learning in RE and be able to tell that story on a continuing basis.

The Religious Literacy assessment is placed in Year 4 at the end of Stage 2 of schooling.


Religious Literacy Definition

Being religiously literate requires children leaving

Catholic Primary School to be able to communicate with and be at home in Catholic society

and religion in general.


Religious Literacy

Religious Literacy is about understanding, participating and communicating between:

members of the group the group and its texts the group, the individuals and God

It encompasses knowledge, practices, strategies and skills for communicating within a Catholic community.


Religious Literacy Assessment

Assessment of religious literacy focuses on students’ knowledge and understanding of

the key concepts that are being addressed by the RE program and the students’ ability to communicate with their religious tradition


Religious Literacy Framework

Informs RE assessment across K-6Informs RE assessment across K-6Knowing the Tradition knowledge & understanding outcomesWorking with the Tradition reasoning skillsApplying the Tradition practical and social skillsValuing the Tradition attitudes & values


Religious Literacy Assessment K-6

The Religious Literacy Assessment framework should be employed across K-6.

It is NOT just a Year 4 concern! When devising assessment strategies in your

program use a range from across the RLA framework of Knowing, Working with, Applying and Valuing the tradition.

Knowing the Tradition knowledge & understanding outcomes Working with the Tradition reasoning skills Applying the Tradition practical and social skills Valuing the Tradition attitudes & values


Choose one RE unit in your Year for a rich extended task assessment experience.

Select a ‘high stakes’ unit or one with content that lends itself to a rich, extended task out of the 8 units in your Year Level. For example…

Kinder: Unit K.4 God’s Great Family Year 1: Unit 1.4 Nourished by God Year 2: Unit 2.6 Reconciliation Year 3: Unit 3.7 Eucharist Year 5: Unit 5.5 Church in Australia Year 6: Unit 6.6 The Bible


http://infopoint.dow.catholic.edu.au/RelEdLrnSrv/CLARE_Team/recurriculum/primarycurriculum/default.aspx

Important Consideration… The Religious Literacy Assessment has a diversity of questions, drawing on

a range of outcomes identified across Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and Stage 2.

If teachers and schools are addressing the outcomes and Unit Contents of the RE curriculum from K-4 this is more than adequate preparation for the Part A workbook.

A previous Part A Workbook is only to be used in conjunction with this Data Analysis Staff Meeting to assist teachers in identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses and/or areas that need to be addressed.

The Part A Workbook is most definitely NOT to be used to prepare students in a contrived way for the Religious Literacy Assessment.

Any teacher or school that would use a previous Part A workbook to prepare their students is not only behaving unethically, but is also not complying with the spirit and intent of the Religious Literacy Assessment.


System Wide Assessment

Influence learning and accountability Drive a culture of reflection on learning, pedagogy

and improvementCatholic Education Office, Wollongong – CLEM Services – BR - 2015

The Instrument

Part A – Multiple choice/restricted answer and short answer/performance questions. 30 questions (Assessment of learning)

Part B – Extended TaskScenario with focus derived from Unit 4.6 One With God’s Creation 1 task with 10 sets of criteria

(Assessment for, as and of learning)


Levels of PerformanceDeveloping able to identify some of the basic facts and

concepts that are included in Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Primary Religious Education Curriculum,

able to respond to information based texts and other simple forms of communication in RE within his or her immediate experience.

may be able to use some of the literacy skills that were gained as part of schooling.


Levels of PerformanceAchieving able to identify facts and concepts that are

included in Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Primary Religious Education Curriculum,

able to use simple reasoning skills to process information, respond, and interact with several forms of communication in RE.

Performance is well with in the expectation of the Yr 4 Curriculum


Levels of PerformanceExtending able to identify facts and concepts that are included in

Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Primary Religious Education Curriculum,

able to use more developed reasoning and practical skills to process information, respond, and interact with oral, written and other forms of communication in RE.

able to move across materials that are presented in written, oral and visual forms.

able to present personal ideas, positions and values that relate to the religious tradition


Diocesan Mean (2007 – 2015)PART A PART B OVERALL

2007 54.88% 52.44% NA2008 65.05% 68.60% 66.98%2009 69.20% 67.16% 68.29%2010 67.68% 68.36% 68.18%2011 70.10% 64.10% 67.27%2012 67.16% 65.77% 66.62%2013 63.52% 66.69% 65.21%2014 66.23% 66.61% 66.57%2015 68.91% 69.07% 69.18%


School Reports Package Report 1 – This outlines each item in Part A and gives the distribution of responses as a

percentage for the school and the diocese. Report 2 – Contains Individual Student Reports. This shows:

Each student’s level of achievement for Parts A and B. Each student’s level of achievement overall for the Religious Literacy Assessment as an arrow

position on a continuum. The diocesan percentage in each level of achievement for comparison. (Students who only sat one

part of the assessment will not have the diocesan statistics shown on their report) Report 3 - The Indicators Report identifies the list of indicators for Part A. The achievement

of each indicator is shown as a percentage for your school and for the diocese. Report 5 - (Excel File) – This contains each individual student’s achievement of indicators. Report 6 - Distribution of Performance Levels – This contains the distribution of

performance levels for Parts A and B for the school and the diocese and includes 2012 and 2013 data enabling comparison across years.

Report 7 – Diocesan and School Distribution and Statistics for Part A, B and Overall - This contains the distribution and detailed statistics for Parts A and B for the school and the diocese and includes, mean, median, standard deviation and the highest % score.

Report 8 – (Excel File) – This contains student scores related to each assessment item. Report 14 – This is a NEW report for 2015 and shows the Overall Performance Order for

student rankings, indicating top performances plus those above/below diocesan mean.


Identify questions where your school achieved well.

Look at where there is a high percentage of incorrect responses. Can you identify selections /choices made by students that need addressing?

Student Report Student levels of achievement for

Parts A and B The diocesan mean for comparison A graph with shaded regions and a

solid circle indicating overall religious literacy student performance on a continuum

A black arrow pointing to the Diocesan Average

There is also an inclusion for a student ranking where a student has performed very well (between the top 1 -10%). NB This inclusion is only printed on the reports of those top performing students

Identify indicators where your school achieved well. Identify indicators that were not achieved by your school.

Compare with Diocesan results.

Report 14 – This is a NEW report for 2015 and shows the Overall Performance Order for student rankings, indicating top performances plus those above/below diocesan mean.

Part A Workbook: Table of Specification 2015

Year Year LevelsLevels

KnowingKnowing Working Working withwith

ApplyingApplying Levels Levels TotalTotal

KinderKinder 3% 3% 3% 9%Year 1Year 1 10% 10% 10% 30%Year 2Year 2 7% 7% 3% 17%Year 3Year 3 14% 17% 7% 38%Year 4Year 4 3% 0% 3% 6%Process Process TotalTotal

37% 37% 26% 100%


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