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The
2004 music assessments included 10 assessment tasks related to understanding
music.
All 10 tasks were identical for year 4 and year 8 students. Three are
trend tasks (fully described with data for both 2000 and 2004), two
are released tasks (fully described with data for 2004 only), and five
are link tasks (to be used again in 2008, so only partially described
here).
The task details and results for the trend tasks are presented in the
first section, followed by the task details and results for the released
tasks. The third section contains some task information and the results
for the link tasks.
Comparing Results for Year 4 and Year
8 Students
Averaged across 47 task components, 19 percent more year 8 than year
4 students (or teams of students) produced correct responses. This indicates
that, on average, students have made very substantial progress between
year 4 and year 8 in the skills assessed by the tasks. Year 8 students
scored higher on all 47 of the task components.
Trend Results: Comparing 2000 and 2004 Results
Three trend tasks involving a total of 15 components were administered
to students in both the 2000 and 2004 assessments.
For year 4 students there was no meaningful change in performance between
2000 and 2004. The percentage of students succeeding increased very
slightly from 2000 to 2004, with higher performance in 2004 on eight
of the 15 components, and one percent more students, on average, choosing
the correct or preferred responses.
For year 8 students there was a marginal decline in performance. The
percentage of students succeeding decreased very slightly from 2000
to 2004, with lower performance in 2004 on 10 of the 15 components,
and two percent fewer students, on average, choosing the correct or
preferred responses.
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