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Leaving School in Australia - Year 12 State by State
A guide to Year 12 Certificates and Tertiary Entrance Requirements
in Australia
Published by the Board of Studies NSW for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment
and Certification Authorities (ACACA)
Section 3: Australian Capital Territory |
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What assessment method(s) are used for the senior secondary school leaving credential in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)?
Moderated school-based continuous, criterion referenced assessment is used throughout the ACT senior system.
An external scaling test provides additional moderation of assessment results for students meeting the requirements for the awarding of a Tertiary Entrance Statement.
How are the marks determined in the senior secondary school credentialling program in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)?
Schools have the responsibility for administering assessment. Teachers’ decisions about unit grades are moderated through a biannual process of structured consensus-based peer review against course-specific unit grade descriptors outlined in the ACTBSSS Course Frameworks under which school course documents are accredited.
Grades are awarded A-E. Grades are course-specific but can be very generally summarised as:
A = Very high standard of achievement
B = High standard of achievement
C = Sound standard of achievement
