Organisation Board of Secondary School Studies (1971 - 1989)

Queensland

From
1971
To
1989

Summary

The Board of Secondary School Studies (Queensland) was established on 21 January 1971, replacing the Board of Senior Secondary School Studies (1965-1971). The Board was responsible for carrying out the following functions: "approv[al] of syllabuses for courses of study for secondary schools, as recommended by Subject Advisory Committees, and to award the Junior and the Senior Certificates." The Board of Secondary School Studies was renamed on 6 February 1989 under the Education (Senior Secondary School Studies) Act 1988, and became known as the Board of Senior Secondary School Studies [II].

Timeline

 2002 - Queensland Studies Authority
       1989 - 2002 Board of Senior Secondary School Studies [II]
             1971 - 1989 Board of Secondary School Studies

Published resources

Curriculum

  • Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, Senior Physics, Brisbane, 1987. Details
  • Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, Senior Syllabus in English, Brisbane, 1987. Details
  • Rochedale State High School, ROSBA Senior English Program Years 11 & 12, Queensland Board of Senior Secondary School Studies. Details
  • Rochedale State High School, ROSBA Program in Study of Society, Queensland Board of Senior Secondary School Studies. Details

Discussion Papers

  • Beasley, Warren, Discussion Paper 18. Profiling Student Achievement, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, March 1987. Details
  • Beasley, Warren, Discussion Paper 16. A Pathway of Teacher Judgments: From Syllabus to Level of Achievement, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, January 1987. Details
  • Brennan, Pam, A Standards Schema in Senior English, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1987. Details
  • Findlay, Janice, Discussion Paper 15. Improving the Quality of Student Performance through Assessment, Assessment Unit, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, January 1987. Details
  • Findlay, Janice, Discussion Paper 20. Issues in Reporting Assessment, Assessment Unit, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, 1987. Details
  • Gibson, Margery, A Standards Schema in Modern History, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, 1987. Details
  • McMeniman, Marilyn, Discussion Paper 6: Formative and Summative Assessment - A Complementary Approach, Assessment Unit, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, 1986. Details
  • McMeniman, Marilyn, Discussion Paper 3. A Standards Schema, Assessment Unit, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, 1986. Details
  • McMeniman, Marilyn, Discussion Paper 13. Towards a Working Model for Criteria and Standards under ROSBA, Assessment Unit, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, January 1987. Details
  • Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, Review of School-Based Assessment (ROSBA): Discussion Papers, Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies,, Brisbane, 1987. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 1. ROSBA's Family Connections, Board of Secondary School Studies, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 4. Defining Achievement Levels, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 5. Subjectivity, Objectivity, and Teachers' Qualitative Judgments, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, January 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 2. The Case for Explicitly Stated Standards, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 8. Developing an Assessment Policy Within a School, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 9. General Principles for Organising Criteria, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 11. School-based Assessment and School Autonomy, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1986. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 12. Defining and Achieving Comparability of Assessments, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, January 1987. Details
  • Sadler, D. Royce, Discussion Paper 21. The Place of Numerical Marks in Criteria-Based Assessment, Assessment Unit, Board of Secondary School Studies, Queensland, 1988. Details

Policies

  • Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, Handbook of Procedures for Accreditation and Certification (ROSBA), March 1985. Details

Reports

  • Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, A Review of School-Based Assessment (ROSBA) in Queensland Secondary Schools: a report to the Queensland Board of Secondary Studies arising out of a consideration of the implications of the reports 'Schools under Radford' and 'Some consequences of the Radford scheme for schools, teachers and students in Queensland' and of the second report of the Board of Secondary School Studies Standing Committee for the Junior Certificate (Scott Report), Brisbane, 1978. Details
  • Queensland. Board of Secondary School Studies, First Annual Report of the Board of Senior Secondary School Studies to the Honourable Minister for Education, 1989. Details
  • Queensland. Working Party on Tertiary Entrance, Tertiary entrance in Queensland: A review: Report of the Working Party on Tertiary Entrance, established by the Minister's Joint Advisory Committee on Post-Secondary School Studies at the request of the Queensland Minister for Education (Pitman report), Board of Secondary School Studies, Brisbane, July 1987. Details

Online Resources