New Maths Reporting for Semester 1 School Reports

New Maths Reporting for Semester 1 School Reports
Dear Parents/Carers,
When you receive your Semester 1 school report you may notice a difference. The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) has revised Mathematics Curriculum, Version 2.0, is now fully implemented in our school.
Mathematics Progression Point Reporting
Here are the key points you need to know:
• New achievement standards: The revised Mathematics Curriculum includes changes to the achievement standards used by teachers to assess and report student learning from Foundation to Year 10.
• Aggregated reporting: Under the new curriculum, teachers will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score in Semester 1 and Semester 2. The initial Semester 1 report will only show achievement, while the Semester 2 report will display both achievement and growth for the Mathematics domain
• Alignment with local curriculum: Our school’s teacher judgements align with our Mathematics Curriculum program.
• Assessments: As in previous reports, student achievement will be communicated through ongoing formative and summative assessment.
As a Primary school, our teachers use learning evidence from the strands taught each semester to make an overarching teacher judgement that accurately reflects where your child is on the learning continuum for Mathematics Version 2.0. This change to a global assessment may result in differences to what you have seen in the past. If this is the case, we encourage you to have an active conversation with the classroom teacher or Monica Rayner (Deputy Principal). If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Monica Rayner
Deputy Principal