International Schools' Assessment
Explanatory Materials/Reports
- Download ISA Background Report
(provides a detailed outline of the ISA assessment construct and reporting format) - Download Why use the ISA?
(designed for schools to give to parents/teachers that deals with some common concerns and misconceptions about the ISA) - Download Sample Letter
to Parents
(letter sent to parents by the International School of Brussels explaining the ISA prior to students taking the assessment) - Download Introduction to the International Schools' Assessment Powerpoint Presentation
(Powerpoint presentation for use in informing teachers, parents and interested groups about the ISA. Save and open this file as 'read only') - Download Benchmark interpretations of the ISA data for classroom teachers
(designed to help teachers in understanding and using the ISA reports on individual, class and school performance) - Download Diagnostic interpretation of the ISA data for classroom teachers
(designed to help teachers in understanding and using the ISA reports on class performance) - Download ISA Construct and Content Validity
(test validity is an essential characteristic of a good test, but there are different kinds of validity, two of which are discussed in this document) - Download ISA Data Patterns
2005
(provides review of data collected between 2002 and 2005 showing some consistent patterns in the effect of variables of gender, language background, years at school and International Baccalaureate School background) - Download Matching
the ISA to the PYP and MYP Curricula
(provides a summarised explanation of links between the PYP and MYP and ISA) - Download
Report on Age & Grade in ISA 2002
(research brief on the connection between age, grade and performance in the ISA)
