PSLE booklet 2

[Augmum]

kuzco:

My son's class (not sure whether the whole P6 cohort in his school or not) sat for a MOE test in English (I think) one or two days after the PSLE. I asked him what kind of test it was and he was not sure. There was no word from the teacher about it. I am just as puzzled as you guys are.

hi kuzco, yr son already taken the english test, what is the test abt? are all the components in the main paper being tested or just part of it?

my dot told me this evening that they were told today regarding abt the online english test too. the whole calss was puzzled by the piece of news, saying \"What for ??? psle was over\".
her teacher herself was unsure of the reason for the online test, but she guessed that probably SEAB wants to compare the std of english with the actual psle exam....anyway, she just make a guess......why are the teachers not given the reason too???

me also wonder what is the purpose of this test, isit something to do with the std deviation (cannot be...) or just simply for comparison purpose. WEIRD :?

chinese online test too ??? any1 got any input??

[mrswongtuition]

Augmum:

hi kuzco, yr son already taken the english test, what is the test abt? are all the components in the main paper being tested or just part of it?


my dot told me this evening that they were told today regarding abt the online english test too. the whole calss was puzzled by the piece of news, saying \"What for ??? psle was over\".
her teacher herself was unsure of the reason for the online test, but she guessed that probably SEAB wants to compare the std of english with the actual psle exam....anyway, she just make a guess......why are the teachers not given the reason too???

me also wonder what is the purpose of this test, isit something to do with the std deviation (cannot be...) or just simply for comparison purpose. WEIRD :?

chinese online test too ??? any1 got any input??

I think it's the proficiency test that MOE is conducting. It's happening in sec schools also. MOE staff coming in to conduct the test just after exams.

[kuzco]

Hi westmom and Augmum.

My son is not from GEP. I really do not know what the test is about, although he did mentioned about MOE people coming down to his school. He is unable to tell me anything more. Since PSLE was over then, he was quite annoyed when I kept asking him about the test. He was not in a mood to talk about school work any more. In any case, we have thrown this matter to the back of our minds already. Hopefully somebody or anybody can enlighten us here.

[Augmum]

mrswongtuition:

I think it's the proficiency test that MOE is conducting. It's happening in sec schools also. MOE staff coming in to conduct the test just after exams.

hi mrs wong,
thks for yr input. But isit a norm?? or just happened this yr for psle??
Why a test for prociency after a psle exam???

[Augmum]

kuzco:

Hi westmom and Augmum.

My son is not from GEP. I really do not know what the test is about, although he did mentioned about MOE people coming down to his school. He is unable to tell me anything more. Since PSLE was over then, he was quite annoyed when I kept asking him about the test. He was not in a mood to talk about school work any more. In any case, we have thrown this matter to the back of our minds already. Hopefully somebody or anybody can enlighten us here.

hi kuzco,
thks for yr sharing. oh, i understand what u meant by \"he was quite annoyed when I kept asking him about the test. He was not in a mood to talk about school work any more.\" same as my dot, if not becos yesterday's evening she told me about the english online test, we have not been mentioning abt the psle thingy for quite sometime.
even when i asked her which sec schools she wanna to choose, she just act cool saying, \"see the T-score first\". :x only left the poor mummy here cracking her head.

[atutor2001]

Augmum:

mrswongtuition:

I think it's the proficiency test that MOE is conducting. It's happening in sec schools also. MOE staff coming in to conduct the test just after exams.

hi mrs wong,
thks for yr input. But isit a norm?? or just happened this yr for psle??
Why a test for prociency after a psle exam???

It happens at the IP Sec school every year but only (unfortunate) selected classes need to take the test. (They told me that out of frustration they purposely fill in garbage. :lol: )

However, if this English test involves every single P6 students, then it is very interesting because survey is usually conducted using smaller sample size and not for the entire population.

[kuzco]

Augmum:

hi kuzco,
thks for yr sharing. oh, i understand what u meant by \"he was quite annoyed when I kept asking him about the test. He was not in a mood to talk about school work any more.\" same as my dot, if not becos yesterday's evening she told me about the english online test, we have not been mentioning abt the psle thingy for quite sometime.
even when i asked her which sec schools she wanna to choose, she just act cool saying, \"see the T-score first\". :x only left the poor mummy here cracking her head.

It's also strange that your dd's test was online, while mine was pen and paper in the classroom. :roll:

But most intriguing is, what is the purpose of this test???? :?

[janice_koh]

My son sat for the test few days back. I guess its a survery to determine online exam for language - just my guess.

[Augmum]

atutor2001:

However, if this English test involves every single P6 students, then it is very interesting because survey is usually conducted using smaller sample size and not for the entire population.

hi atutor2001
i am also wondering whether the english test involves every p6 pupils or not as i don't see many parents here talking abt it.
also the pupils are taking at differnt date and time, so are they having the same set of questions? anyway, there're lots of questions marks in this thingly.

hi kuzco,
oh yr child had taken the hard copy test?
isit becos there're insufficient computers to go ard? but there are near to 300 P6 pupils in gal's sch, they also need to go on rotation to take the test. heard the test is scheduled next monday.

[atutor2001]

Hi Augmum


Looking at the way the test is conducted, it has to be a survey. Anyway there should be a major overhaul to the English syllabus in the near future with such an extensive test being conducted.

Regards