PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing
PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing is an online, standardised writing assessment for ākonga from Year 5 to Year 10. It aligns to the English learning area of the New Zealand Curriculum, as well as to aspects of the NCEA co-requisite in literacy.
PAT Tuhituhi is an online, standardised writing assessment for ākonga from Year 5 to Year 10. It aligns to the English learning area of the New Zealand Curr...
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You can download our PAT Tuhituhi Assist Users Guide below. The guide (Version 2.0) outlines the set up and use of PAT Tuhituhi assessment option on the NZC...
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It is good to remember that this snapshot picture of student achievement will be used to prompt kaiako to discuss teaching and learning in writing. PAT Tuh...
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Te wā | Timing The whole assessment, including administration, is designed to take no more than 60
minutes to complete which includes introducing the asses...
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Scoring Once ākonga have submitted their writing, it is marked automatically via the WriteSHIFT API. This API is provided by Vantage—an educational measure...
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More formal, standardised assessments such as Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) have an important role to play alongside informal and in-the-moment forma...
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Understanding the autoscoring process
When a student response is Finished it is checked in our NZCER Assist platform before
being sent for autoscoring. Th...
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The Individual report for PAT Tuhituhi contains a number of components that can be displayed or hidden using the toggle feature in the right-hand filter ...
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The Rubric List report displays all completed student responses within an assessment along with a description of their status. The report includes summary ...
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