Kia ora koutou,
Please find attached an updated Monthly Standards File. This includes the change described in more detail below, as well as the inclusion of the Te Ao Haka standards for this year.
We have received feedback from some SMS Vendors and Schools regarding our policy in recent years to clear the data from the following columns in January and February each year: - Assessment Request Indicator (NO, DE, DS)
- Assessment Session Code (e.g. L1-CHEM)
- Digital Practice Exam Available (Y/N)
- Assessment Opportunities (while this is not yet populated, this would have been subject to the same policy in future years).
This was initially done to avoid issues that any changes to these columns for each new academic year, when our systems roll over just prior to the 10th of March, may cause for schools and their entries.
Upon reflection, however, we agree that it is more straightforward to provide the previous year’s settings and signal, when sending the 10th of March file, of any changes to these.
The columns above are now populated in the attached files based on settings from 2022, until our systems roll over just prior to the 10th of March.
Please be aware this means that the data in these columns could change in the March iteration of any given year.
Piloting of the new standards including re-versioning of many of them, and the incremental implementation of digital assessment, has made for an untidy process in this area. We acknowledge the difficulty this has caused for SMS Vendors & Schools, and appreciate your patience and support.
Nga mihi, | 