Appendix 2: Our survey questionnaire

New Zealand Qualifications Authority: Assuring the consistency and quality of internal assessment for NCEA.

Resources NZQA provides to teachers

1. How useful are the following NZQA resources for helping you assess students against internally assessed NCEA standards?

Not useful Useful Very useful No opinion
Moderator newsletters circle circle circle circle
Clarifications of Standards circle circle circle circle
National moderator reports circle circle circle circle
Annotated exemplars of student work circle circle circle circle
Moderation Best Practice Workshops circle circle circle circle
Optional teacher selected evidence circle circle circle circle

2. Do you have any comments about any of these resources?

NZQA's website

3. How easy is it to find the information you want about internal assessment on the NZQA website?

Not easy circle
Moderately easy circle
Very easy circle
No opinion circle

4. What type of information is difficult to find on NZQA's website?

Moderation reports

5. Have you had some of your assessment work moderated by NZQA since January 2010?

Yes circle
No circle

6. Please indicate how much you agree with the following statements about the moderation reports you have received since January 2010

Disagree Agree No opinion
Overall, the moderation reports were useful in providing feedback about my assessment materials circle circle circle
Overall, the moderation reports were useful in providing feedback about my assessment judgements circle circle circle
Overall, the moderation reports were easy to understand circle circle circle
Overall, the moderation reports were written in a tone that was supportive and professional circle circle circle

7. Do you have any comments about the moderation reports you have received since January 2010?

Appealing moderation reports

8. Have you appealed a moderation report since January 2010?

Yes circle
No circle

9. How satisfied were you with the outcome of the appeal?

Dissatisfied circle
Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied circle
Satisfied circle

10. Why were you dissatisfied with the outcome of the appeal?

NZQA's support to teachers

11. Overall, do you think that NZQA provides enough support to teachers to help them assess students against internally assessed standards?

Yes circle
No circle
No opinion circle

12. What additional support could NZQA provide to teachers?

About you and your school

We'd like to know a bit about you and your school to see how representative the survey respondents are of the school sector.

13. Where is your school located?

Upper North Island circle Upper South Island circle
Central North Island circle Central South Island circle
Lower North Island circle Lower South Island circle

14. What is the decile level of your school?

Decile 1 circle Decile 6 circle
Decile 2 circle Decile 7 circle
Decile 3 circle Decile 8 circle
Decile 4 circle Decile 9 circle
Decile 5 circle Decile 10 circle

15. What is the roll size of your school?

Below 500 circle 1200-1999 circle
500-899 circle 2000+ circle
900-1199 circle I don't know circle

16. Which of the following best describes your role?

Senior Management Team circle
Head of Faculty circle
Head of Department circle
Teacher in Charge circle
Classroom Teacher circle
Other (please specify) circle

17. Which subject(s) do you teach to Year 11-13 students?

CircleAccounting CircleEnglish CircleMusic
CircleAgriculture and horticulture CircleFrench CirclePhysical education
CircleArt history CircleGeography CirclePhysics
CircleBiology CircleGerman CirclePsychology
CircleBusiness studies CircleGraphics CircleReligious studies
CircleChemistry CircleHealth CircleSamoan
CircleChinese CircleHistory CircleScience
CircleClassical studies CircleHome economics CircleSocial studies
CircleComputing/digital technologies CircleInformation management CircleSociology
CircleCook Islands Māori CircleJapanese CircleSpanish
CircleDance CircleLatin CircleTe Reo Māori/Te Reo Rangatira
CircleDrama CircleLegal studies CircleTechnology
CircleEconomics CircleMathematics & statistics CircleVisual arts
CircleEducation for sustainability CircleMedia studies
CircleOther (please specify):

Thank you for completing our survey

Please click the ‘Done' button below to submit your answers.

18. Do you have any other comments about the support NZQA provides teachers for assessing students against internally assessed standards?

19. Would you like a copy of our report once it is published? Let us know your email address and we'll email you a copy.

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