Year 12 2017

Attaining the Higher School Certificate

The HSC is……a nationally recognized credential…a step to work or study or both!…a learning experience…a partnership with your teachers… something that requires effort….one hurdle of many to jump in life!!

The HSC year can be….

Busy, challenging,

Hard work, require organisation & persistence

Rewarding

A journey…….

from this

To gone in a flash!

but …102

The HSC is......

....less than 8 months away!

Term 1 – 27 class days

Term 2 – 35 class days

Term 3 – 34 class days

= 19.2 school weeks

The HSC is now!

Mid Course Examinations – 13th March (3 weeks away)

Trial Examinations – commence 31st

July – Week 3 Term3

HSC Examinations – commence 16th October

The HSC requires…..Consistent application Engagement in learningCompletion of formative and formal

assessment tasksOrganizationCapacity to balance school, work, leisure

activitiesCommitmentA reduced social life……..An acknowledgment that at times you may

feel tired, irritable, grumpy, stressed,….

You may feel like this

so you need to

• Understand the

process

• Know your rights &

responsibilities

• Know that you are

supported

• Be confident that

you can do this!

ASSESSMENT

HANDBOOK

2017

The Final HSC Mark comprises• School Assessment Mark submitted to the

Board of Studies at the end of the HSC Course - see Assessment Schedules for weightings

• HSC Examination Mark

Performance Bands

To be eligible for the HSC students must ......Satisfactorily complete each course – this means• followed the course set by the Authority (a)•applied themselves with diligence and sustained effort to the set tasks and experiences (b)• achieved some or all of the course outcomes (c)

Note – Principals have the authority to determine that, as a result of absence, the course completion criteria may not be met.

HSC Assessment Policy & Procedures• Principles of Fairness & Justice• Maintaining honesty & integrity • Appeals• Disability Provisions

NSW Educational Standards

Authority

http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.

au/wps/portal/nesa/home/

All HSC Syllabuses

All Assessment guides

All past HSC papers and marking

guidelines

Multiple Choice questions &

answers

Disability Provisions guidelines

What is an ATAR?

The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank is a numerical measure of a student’s overall achievement in the HSC, in relation to other students.

It is a number between 0.00 and 99.95 and indicates a student’s position relative to all the students who started high school with them in Year 7. So, an ATAR of 80.00 means that you are 20 per cent from the top of your Year 7 group, not your Year 12 group.

It allows a comparison of the achievement of students despite them having completed different courses.

The ATAR is calculated solely for use by tertiary institutions to rank and select school leavers for admission.

The ATAR is a rank

Calculating the ATAR.

HSC and ATAR

UAC

Board of Studies Raw Moderated

Exam + Assessment Marks

UAC

Rescaled

2 units of English + next

best 8 units

ATAR

Based on the quality of

the candidates in that

course in that year

Calculation of the ATARThe ATAR is based the best 10 Units of ATAR Courses

The Universities process each student’s marks and rank each student from 0 – 99.95 as if all students had completed the same courses.

The ATAR is then presented as a percentile eg. 99.95, 99.94

ATARs below 30 are not reported

This translates as follows -

a student who gets 90 has finished in front of 90 % of students (who commenced Year 7 with them) .

a student who gets a ATAR of 65 has finished in front of 65 % of students

An ATAR of 99.95 does not mean a

student got everything right.

An ATAR of 50 does not mean the

student averaged 50% in each subject,

only that they achieved a better score

than half the other students.

Understanding the ATAR In 2016 - 55,956 students received an ATAR

16.5% of students received an ATAR of 90.00 or above

46 Students received 99.95 – 33 males & 13 females

The median ATAR was 68.65 (lower than 2015)

Median ATAR for females – 70.45; males – 66.55

Some students are puzzled as to why one course is included and not another – best units

Something to think about…..

Remember ……….