YEAR 12 HSC ASSESSMENT GUIDE 2018 - Moama
YEAR 12 HSC ASSESSMENT GUIDE2018
This document is intended as a guide to HSC Assessment for students and parents.STRUCTURE OF THE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE . 1Preliminary Courses .1TERTIARY ADMISSION . 1ATAR courses .1Who receives an ATAR? .1STRUCTURE OF LESSON DELIVERY FOR PRELIMINARY & HSC . 1ASSESSMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT . 2LATE SUBMISSIONS DUE TO ILLNESS, MISADVENTURE, MALPRACTICE OR INVALID TASKS. 3Extensions .3Late submissions .3Malpractice or invalid tasks .4Appeals against Assessment Rankings .4‘N’ Determinations - Non-completion of a Higher School Certificate Courses .4OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO YEAR 12 . 5Guidelines re attendance .5Study Periods .5Driving to School .5FAQ – ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES . 61.What is the purpose of this booklet? .62.What are Preliminary and HSC Courses? .63.What is an Assessment Mark? .64.What is the purpose of Assessment Marks? .65.Are non-assessment tasks important? .66.How will assessments be compiled? .67.How will I be notified of impending assessment tasks? .68.How will assessment results be reported to students? .69.What provisions are made for assessment work affected by illness or misadventure? .610. How should an Assessment Task be submitted? .611. What happens if my Assessment Task is late?.712. What about assessment work which is not handed in? .713. What happens in the case where a teacher is concerned about cheating or malpractice on anassessment task? .714. What if I am absent on the day an assessment task is scheduled? .715. What happens if a student does not make a serious attempt to complete an assessment task? .716. What happens to assessments if I change schools or repeat courses? .717. What records is the school required to keep? .718. Do school Preliminary Course Assessment Marks appear on the HSC? .719. Must I attend school regularly? .7
20. What are my options if I fail to satisfy the requirements of a Preliminary or HSC course? .721. What do I do if I disagree with an assessment mark? Is there a way to appeal against an assessmenttask result? .822. What happens if there is problem that affects all students in a particular assessment task? .823. What do I do if I feel that a course(s) has not been taught as per the requirements of the syllabus? .824. What happens in the event of a significant problem that prevents the completion of the assessmenttask?8SUMMARY OF DUE DATES: . 9SCHEDULES OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASKS BY SUBJECT: . 12Agriculture . 13Ancient History. 14Biology . 15Business Studies . 16Chemistry . 17Community & Family Studies . 18Design & Technology (Graphics) . 19Drama . 20Economics . 21English (Advanced) . 22English (Standard) . 23Food Technology . 24History Extension . 25Industrial Technology: Multimedia . 26Italian Continuers . 27Legal Studies . 28General Mathematics Pathway 2 . 29Mathematics (Advanced) . 30Mathematics Extension 1. 31Mathematics Extension 2. 31Modern History . 32Music 1 . 33PDHPE . 34Physics . 35Society and Culture. 36Visual Art . 37HSC VET (Vocational Education & Training) Tourism, Travel and Events . 38Course Information . 38Work Placement . 38
Schedule of HSC VET (Tourism, Travel and Events) Summative Assessment Tasks . 39APPENDICES . 40APPENDIX A: APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION - ASSESSMENT TASK AFFECTED BYILLNESS/MISADVENTURE . 41APPENDIX C: APPEAL OF ASSESSMENT TASK MARK . 43
STRUCTURE OF THE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATEThe Higher School Certificate is awarded at the end of at least two years of study as prescribed by NSW EducationStandards Authority (NESA). Year 11 is known as Preliminary. Students have to complete 120 hours of a subjectat Preliminary prior to attempting that subject at HSC level. HSC Courses run from early Term 4 in Year 11 untilOctober of Year 12 when the HSC exams commence.Preliminary Courses Students must study at least 12 units at Preliminary level. Most subjects are worth 2 units, so most courseswill consist of 6 subjects at this level. Extension subjects are worth 1 unit each.All students must study 2 units of English at PreliminaryAt Moama Anglican Grammar all students must study 2 units of Mathematics at Preliminary level.HSC courses Students must study at least 10 units at HSC level. Most subjects are worth 2 units, so most courses willconsist of 5 subjects at this level. Extension subjects are worth 1 unit each. All students must study 2 units of English at HSCTERTIARY ADMISSIONThe Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is a numerical measure of a student's overall academicachievement in the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) in relation to that of other students. This measure allowsthe comparison of students who have completed different combinations of HSC courses. The ATAR is calculatedsolely for use by institutions, either on its own or in conjunction with other selection criteria, to rank and selectschool leavers for admission.Other criteria such as a portfolio, interview, audition, competence skills, questionnaire or test may also be takeninto account in conjunction with the ATAR for certain courses.Calculation of the ATAR is the responsibility of the NSW Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Students whoindicate on their HSC entry forms that they wish to be notified of their ATAR will receive an ATAR Advice Noticefrom UAC. ATARs are also made available to institutions for selection purposes. The ATAR is reported as anumber between 0.00 and 99.95 with increments of 0.05.Specifically, an ATAR indicates the position of a student relative to their Year 7 cohort. That is, an ATAR of 80.00indicates that students with that ATAR have performed well enough in the HSC to place them 20% from the top oftheir Year 7 cohort, had all the Year 7 students completed Year 12 and been eligible for an ATAR.ATAR coursesATAR courses are NESA developed courses for which there are formal examinations produced by NESA thatyield a graded assessment. These are the only courses that can be included in the ATAR calculations.Who receives an ATAR?While ATARs are calculated for all ATAR-eligible students, only students who indicate on their HSC entry formsthat they wish to be notified of their ATAR receive an ATAR Advice Notice from UAC. These students will receivetheir written Advice Notices at around the same time as they receive their HSC results from NESA.The ATAR Advice Notice includes: a student's ATAR a list of the ATAR courses which the student studied and the categorisation of each course the number of units of each ATAR course that were actually included in the calculation of the ATAR.STRUCTURE OF LESSON DELIVERY FOR PRELIMINARY & HSC1
The School operates over a two-week (10 day) cycle. There are six 50-minute periods per day and therefore 60periods per two week cycle.Each 2-Unit subject has 9 periods per cycle. In Year 11, students study six 2-Unit subjects making 54 periods percycle. There are also 4 periods per cycle during which some students either study a 1-Unit extension course inMathematics or English or have private study.In their HSC year, students have the option of discontinuing a subject (often referred to as “dropping” a subject)other than English and still being eligible to receive an ATAR. As the ATAR is calculated using a student’s best10-scaled units, the study of five 2-Unit subjects is the minimum required to be eligible for an ATAR. Studentsattend supervised private study sessions to replace the subject that has been dropped.Discontinuing a subject is not mandatory and students can elect to continue with their study of their six 2-Unitsubjects in Year 12. In this case, the extra two units studied by students can be thought of as a form of ‘insurance’,since students cannot be exactly sure of which subjects will end up being used in the calculation of their ATAR.Procedure for Students Discontinuing or Changing Subjectsa.Towards the end of Term 3 students and their parents/guardians will be given the option of having aninterview with a relevant staff member to seek advice and discuss whether or not to continue with sixsubjects in HSC or whether to discontinue one subject and if so which one.b.If a student chooses to discontinue one of their Preliminary subjects this would happen either at the startof their HSC courses (Term 4) or at the start of Term 1 the following year.c.Students are encouraged to continue all six Preliminary subjects into the first term of their HSC studies(Term 4 of their Year 11).d.Students are still enrolled in a HSC subject and are expected to attend classes until all the relevantpaperwork has been completed and signed off by the student, parents and staff at the school.e.Once a subject is discontinued it cannot be taken up again by the student.The form that is required to be completed by a student in order to request to drop a subject can be obtained fromreception at school.ASSESSMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTScope & Sequence PlansEach Faculty has developed a scope and sequence plan for every subject offered within their Faculty. Each scopeand sequence plan for a Stage 6 subject covers both Preliminary and HSC. A copy of each plan will be providedto students studying that subject.Assessment, Reporting and Record Keeping for Stage 6 subjectsIt is the responsibility of each Faculty to develop an Assessment Plan for every subject offered within thatdepartment at Stage 6 level. Each Assessment Plan for a Stage 6 subject must cover both Preliminary and HSC.Student achievement is reported by way of end of Semester reports to parents. Recommendations as tosatisfactory completion of coursework in all Stage 6 subjects are to be recorded and submitted to the Principal.Satisfactory completion is determined by the Principal as per Section 8019 of the Board of Studies online ACEManual.Assessing and grading student achievementAssessing student achievement is the process of collecting information on student performance in relation to theobjectives and outcomes of a course.In setting activities or tasks, teachers give careful consideration to the syllabus objectives and outcomes beingassessed. By measuring student achievement in relation to these objectives and outcomes, they build up aprofile of the achievement of each student based on results in the various assessment tasks.2
In establishing an assessment program, teachers ensure that the types of assessment activities or tasks usedare appropriate to the objectives and outcomes being assessed. Generally, it will be necessary to use a numberof different assessment activities or tasks in order to ensure that student achievement in relation to all theknowledge and skills objectives is assessed. Principals have the authority to decide on and to implement specialprovisions for school-based assessments and tests.The assessment program should also reflect the relative emphasis placed on the assessable objectives ofschool programs and the syllabus. For example, where a school has placed considerable emphasis on thedevelopment of research skills, that emphasis should be reflected in the assessment program. Objectives fromthe affective domain (i.e. values and attitudes) should not be used in determining a student's grade.Where activities or tasks are scheduled throughout a course, greater weight will generally be given to thoseactivities or tasks undertaken towards the end of the course. There are, however, a number of different ways oforganising the teaching/learning program for a course. The scheduling of activities or tasks and the weightsapplied should reflect the course organisation. Students should be given the opportunity to demonstrate theirmaximum level of achievement relative to the course performance descriptors.Course Completion CriteriaSatisfactory completion of a course requires the Principal to have sufficient evidence that the student has: Followed the course developed or endorsed by the Board; and Applied him/herself with diligence and sustained effort to the set tasks and experiences provided in thecourse by the School; and Achieved some or all of the course objectives.Where it is determined that a student has not met the Course Comple
at Preliminary prior to attempting that subject at HSC level. HSC Courses run from early Term 4 in Year 11 until October of Year 12 when the HSC exams commence. Preliminary Courses Students must study at least 12 units at Preliminary level. Most subjects are worth 2 units,
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