English
Interview
Online
Administration and
Selection Advice
Module
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February 2013
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Contents
English Online Interview assessment period
4
Module selection recommendations
4
EOI Scale Score
5
Score points for each module
5
Module 1
6
Module 2
7
Module 3
8
Module 4
9
EOI Scale Score / Indicative AusVELS Level
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English Online Interview assessment period
The English Online Interview assessment period occurs at the beginning of each school year. Details are published on the
English
Online
Interview
homepage
each
year
at
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/assessment/Pages/default.aspx.
It is mandatory for Prep students to be assessed during the English Online Interview assessment period. Schools can elect to
use the English Online Interview for students in Years 1 and 2 during the assessment period.
To ensure the integrity of data and make valid comparisons of student achievement, all assessments should be finalised
within the assessment period. Schools are encouraged to use the Interview during the assessment period to collect baseline
data for students in Prep and to track, review and monitor progress for students in Years 1 and 2.
Module selection recommendations
All modules are available for use during the assessment period.
Each module includes tasks and questions of a wide range of difficulty which match the expected range of student
achievement for students in years Prep to 2. This decision should be made balancing the recommendations below with the
particular needs of the individual student with consideration given to the range of difficulty of the tasks and questions in each
module as outlined in the specific module information provided in this document.
Following the ACER evaluation of the student data the recommended modules for each year level are:
Year Level
Recommended Module
Start of Prep
Module 1
Start of Year 1
Module 2
Start of Year 2
Module 3
When all students in a year level complete a common module, information at an item level across the class can be easily
compared. Groups of students with similar teaching needs can be identified based on their responses and patterns and
trends of learning within a class can also be identified. If students within a year level are administered different modules the
overall results will be directly comparable, however other comparisons can only be made by matching similar items across
the different modules.
Module 4 is also available. This module could be used with students that have previously completed the English Online
Interview in Year 1 and their results indicate they are operating at a higher level than expected and provides flexibility for
students who have already completed Module 3. Module 4 provides evidence of achievement at AusVELS levels 2 – 4.
Further information on the content of each module is available in the video clips and assessment notes titled Understanding
the
English
Online
Interview
available
on
the
English
Online
Interview
website
at:
www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/assessment/Pages/understanding.aspx
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EOI Scale Score
Reports in the English Online Interview are based on the EOI Scale score. When Victorian schools were using the VELS, the
EOI Scale score was converted to an indicative VELS level. From 2013 the EOI Scale score will be converted to the
AusVELS achievement standards but where possible the reports will show both the EOI Scale score and the indicative
AusVELS level. As the questions in the English Online interview have not changed and reporting has always been based on
the EOI Scale score, it is possible to continue to access and use historical data from the Interview.
Score points for each module
Each question or task in the English Online Interview has a rubric that teachers use to evaluate students’ responses. The
rubrics associate score points with the various responses a student may give to a question. In questions where a response
is simply correct or incorrect, the correct response will have a single score point. In other questions, the rubrics generate
multiple score points. For example, a rubric with four possible response categories will have three score points for the highest
level responses, two score points for the next level responses and one score point for the lowest level responses. ‘No
attempt’ is awarded zero score points. The score points awarded for responses to the questions of a module are added to
make a total module score.
In the following pages the number of scores on a module available at each AusVELS level, mapped on to the English Online
Interview EOI scale, is provided for each module. This is used as the basis for identifying how well the module is matched to
the expected achievement levels of the target student groups.
Care needs to be taken when interpreting data for students who demonstrate achievement at levels where there are
relatively few module scores. This applies to students who are working well above expected levels as well as students who
are working well below expected levels.
Locations on the EOI scale are expressed numerically with scale scores in eoi units. For example, a scale score of 126 eoi
units is the location of the boundary between AusVELS Levels 1 and 2.
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Module 1
Module 1 is recommended for students at the beginning of Prep. The following table gives the number of different scores on
Module 1 that are available for each AusVELS Level. As shown in the table, almost all of the scores on Module 1 fall in
AusVELS Foundation and Level 1, below 126 eoi units.
Number of scores
AusVELS Level and location on EOI scale
on Module 1
AusVELS Level 4
2
above 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 3
3
between 140 and 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 2
7
between 126 and 140 eoi units
AusVELS Level 1
16
between 108 and 126 eoi units
AusVELS Foundation Level
36
below 108 eoi units
Module 1 is well matched to the expected range of achievement levels for most students at the start of Prep. It provides
extensive evidence of achievement (52 module scores) to show what students can do as they work in AusVELS Foundation
and Level 1.
Students working above 126 eoi units are at the upper extreme of the distribution range for students starting Prep. Module 1
provides only a very small amount of indicative evidence of achievement above 126 eoi units – there are only two module
scores to indicate skills in AusVELS Level 4, three in AusVELS Level 3 and seven in AusVELS Level 2.
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Module 2
Module 2 is recommended for students beginning Year 1. The following table gives the number of different scores on Module
2 that are available for each AusVELS Level. Most of the scores on Module 2 are for responses that range from AusVELS
Foundation to AUSVELS Level 2, below 140 eoi units. There is a small number of module scores (17 scores) in AusVELS
Levels 3 and 4.
Number of scores
AusVELS Level and location on EOI scale
on Module 2
AusVELS Level 4
5
above 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 3
12
between 140 and 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 2
20
between 126 and 140 eoi units
AusVELS Level 1
27
between 108 and 126 eoi units
AusVELS Foundation Level
28
below 108 eoi units
Module 2 is well matched to the expected range of achievement levels of most students at the start of Year 1. It provides
extensive evidence of achievement (55 module scores) to show what students can do as they work in AusVELS Foundation
and Level 1 and provides a reasonable indication of skills in AusVELS Level 2 (20 module scores).
Students working at or below 108 eoi units are at the lower extreme of the distribution range for students starting Year 1.
Students working in AusVELS Level 3 are at the upper extreme of the distribution for start of Year 1. Module 2 provides only
a small amount of indicative evidence of student achievement above 140 eoi units (17 scores).
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Module 3
Module 3 is recommended for students beginning Year 2. The following table gives the number of different scores on Module
3 that are available for each AusVELS level. Most scores on Module 3 are for responses that range from AusVELS Level 1 to
AusVELS Level 3 (76 scores), between 108 and 154 eoi units. There are also module scores in AusVELS Foundation (21
scores) and in AusVELS Level 4 (13 scores).
Number of scores
AusVELS Level and location on EOI scale
on Module 3
AusVELS Level 4
13
above 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 3
17
between 140 and 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 2
27
between 126 and 140 eoi units
AusVELS Level 1
32
between 108 and 126 eoi units
AusVELS Foundation Level
21
below 108 eoi units
Module 3 is well matched to the expected range of achievement levels for most students starting Year 2. Module 3 provides
extensive evidence of student achievement (59 scores) to show what students can do as they work in AusVELS Level 1 (32
scores) and in AusVELS Level 2 (27 scores). Module 3 provides some indicative evidence of student achievement in
AusVELS Level 3 (17 scores) and AusVELS Level 4 (13 scores).
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Module 4
The following table gives the number of different scores on Module 4 that are available for each AusVELS Level. Most of the
module scores are for responses that range from AusVELS Level 1 up to responses in AusVELS Level 3 (73 scores)
between 108 and 154 eoi units, with some scores in AusVELS Level 4 (16 scores). Data from the October 2009 assessment
period indicated that Module 4 is well matched for approximately seventy five per cent of students at the end of Year 2 and is
less suited to approximately 25 per cent of students working close to or in AusVELS Level 3.
Number of scores
AusVELS Level and location on EOI scale
on Module 4
AusVELS Level 4
16
above 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 3
21
between 140 and 154 eoi units
AusVELS Level 2
27
between 126 and 140 eoi units
AusVELS Level 1
25
between 108 and 126 eoi units
AusVELS Foundation Level
12
below 108 eoi units
Module 4 provides reasonable evidence of achievement in AusVELS Level 1 (25 scores) and AusVELS Level 2 (27 scores).
Module 4 also provides some evidence of achievement in AusVELS Level 3 (21 scores) and a small amount of indicative
evidence in AusVELS Level 4 (16 scores).
Students working below 108 eoi units are at the lower extreme of the distribution for students at the end of Year 2. There are
only 12 scores in Module 4 for responses in AusVELS Foundation Level. Students working in AusVELS Level 4 are at the
upper extreme of the distribution for the end of Year 2. Module 4 provides a small amount of indicative evidence of student
achievement at this level (16 scores).
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EOI Scale Score / Indicative AusVELS Level
Indicative AusVELS Level
EOI Scale Score
A scale score is expressed
in EOI units, e.g. the scale
score of 120 EOI
represents location 120 on
the EOI scale.
180
It is important to keep in mind that
boundaries between indicative AusVELS
levels overlap significantly
170
AusVELS Level 4
160
154 EOI
150
AusVELS Level 3
140 EOI
AusVELS Level 2
130
126 EOI
120
AusVELS Level 1
110
108 EOI
100
AusVELS Foundation Level
90
80
AusVELS Foundation level is the region of the scale below 108 EOI
AusVELS Level 1 is the region of the scale between 108 and 126
AusVELS Level 2 is the region of the scale between 126 and 140
AusVELS Level 3 is the region of the scale between 140 and 154
AusVELS Level 4 and higher levels is the region of the scale above 154
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