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The amended National Norms and Standards for School Funding (Government Gazette No. 33973, Notice 48) indicate that the Grade 3 or Grade 6 Annual National Assessments (ANA) will be used to measure learner achievement in independent schools that are eligible for subsidy. |
| 1.2 |
This minute serves to inform all state subsidised independent schools identified in the attached Annexure A of the grade (3 or 6) that will be required to write the ANA on 15 and 17 September 2015. The timetable is attached as Annexure B. |
| 2. |
Procedures before the writing of the ANA |
| 2.1 |
Schools were provided with a Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) Report on CEMIS and were requested to ensure that all learner registration was completed correctly by April 2015. This was to ensure that learners write the tests in the correct LoLT, subject and grade. |
| 2.2 |
Test papers will be packaged according to CEMIS learner registration information. District officials will take test papers to independent schools on the day of the test. |
| 3. |
Test venue preparation |
| 3.1 |
Allocated venues for writing the ANA must be prepared at least one day before the writing of each test. |
| 3.2 |
Walls containing any material that could assist learners must be covered or the material removed. |
| 3.3 |
Grade 3 learners may be allowed to use teaching aids as prescribed in the Mathematics Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The teaching aids range from the learners’ counters, 100 charts, and number lines to any other aids that learners are normally permitted to use to solve a problem. |
| 3.4 |
Seating in the venue must be arranged in a manner that ensures that learners do not have access to one another's work. |
| 4. |
Procedure on the day of writing the ANA |
| 4.1 |
The mark sheets for the ANA will not be supplied to schools. Instead schools will be required to print these mark sheets from CEMIS. Schools are requested to download and print the mark sheets by going to "Assessments", "ANA 2015", and then to "ANA Mark Sheets" on CEMIS. The Language and Mathematics mark sheet for each class in the relevant grade must be downloaded and printed by 14 September 2015. The mark sheets will also be used as the attendance register. |
| 4.2 |
At independent schools where there is more than one class writing the ANA, the principal must arrange for invigilators for the classes that will be writing. Where only one class is writing the ANA, the test will be administered by the district official. |
| 4.3 |
The ANA scripts, along with the absentee register, will be removed by the district official from the school premises on the same day of writing the ANA and will be marked at a marking centre. |
| 4.4 |
The completed mark sheet, along with the marked scripts, will be returned to the school upon completion of the marking process. |
| 4.5 |
Any queries regarding the marked scripts must be brought to the attention of the district assessment co-ordinator by Friday, 16 October 2015. |
| 5. |
Recording and reporting |
| 5.1 |
Marks will be recorded at marking centres. |
| 5.2 |
An ANA learner report will be available on CEMIS as soon as the 2015 ANA results are released by the Department of Basic Education (DBE). |
| 6. |
Procedure for state subsidised or non-subsidised independent schools to obtain ANA test papers
The ANA tests will be available on the GET Assessment website after the writing of the 2015 ANA by Monday, 21 September 2015.
To access the website for the 2015 ANA tests, please follow the link:
http://www.wcedcurriculum.westerncape.gov.za/ and
click on "Assessment Management",
select "GET Assessment" from the drop-down list,
click on "Annual National Assessments", and then
click on "Annual National Assessments 2015". |
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Principals of independent schools are kindly requested to note the content of this minute and bring it to the attention of the educators and learners concerned. |
SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2015:09:01
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