What is asTTle?
asTTle stands for Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (He Pūnaha Aromatawai mō te Whakaako me te Ako). It is an educational resource for assessing literacy and numeracy (in both English and Māori) developed for the Ministry of Education by the University of Auckland.
asTTle provides teachers, students, and parents with information about a student's level of achievement, relative to the curriculum achievement outcomes, for levels 2 to 6 and national norms of performance for students in years 4 to 12.
asTTle is a tool that operates in both personal computer (PC) and Mac environments. Teachers can use asTTle to create 40-minute paper and pencil tests designed for their own students' learning needs. Once the tests are scored, the asTTle tool generates interactive graphic reports that allow teachers to analyse student achievement against curriculum levels, curriculum objectives, and population norms. Research and development over 2003–2004 has extended asTTle into years 8–12 and curriculum levels 5–6.
The asTTle CD-ROM is available to New Zealand schools free of charge. The latest version (asTTle V4) of the asTTle CD-ROM can be ordered by completing the order form on this website. http://www.tki.org.nz/r/asttle/orderform_e.php
What's new
e-asTTle
e-asTTle is under development. It's an online version of asTTle and is expected to become fully available to New Zealand schools in 2009. It will include several new features in response to feedback from teachers and principals who have been using asTTle V4. Check out e-asTTle FAQ to answer your questions.
The e-asTTle extended pilot in 2008 will include reading, mathematics, panui, and pangarau. Writing and tuhituhi will be added in 2009. Applications for the 2008 pilot are now open.
Writing and tuhituhi exemplars
This page has links to PDF files that contain enhanced images of the student writing scripts found in the asTTle V4 manual under the heading Writing/Tuhituhi. These images are suitable for printing at full page size for professional learning activities.
New tutorials
Moderating asTTle Writing
This online tutorial provides the information for teachers and school management teams. The information includes: the process for moderation of asTTle Writing, how to ensure consistent assessment decisions between markers, and how to have the confidence in the accuracy of the results.
Introduction to asTTle in Māori medium
This online tutorial provides Māori medium teachers with an overview and guide to using asTTle. The tutorial is in te reo Māori.
Page updates October 2005
Update of technical FAQ page
A new question has been added to the recently updated page of technical 'frequently asked questions' (FAQ). This page can be viewed on the 'frequently asked questions' page of this website.
Change notification
The change notification document lists all the changes to the existing asTTle documents so far. You might like to check the changes listed in this document to see if you want to make use of the updates or not. If you choose the updated version remember it replaces the existing version.
Update of user manual
Chapters 3 and 4 of the user manual have been updated and are available for download in PDF.
asTTle V4 Known issues
'known issues' document lists the current known issues with asTTle V4 and the action needed to resolve them.
A feedback questionnaire on asTTle 4
The asTTle team is really keen to know how you are getting on with asTTle 4 in your school. Does this website answer your questions and have the information you need?
If you could take a few minutes to respond to the questionnaire it would help us to improve our service to you.