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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: Northern Territory |
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What assessment method(s) are used for the senior secondary school leaving credential in the Northern Territory?
In assessing student achievement for the award of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education (NTCE), the Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA) uses a combination of:
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moderated school-based assessment;
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external (statewide) examinations.
How are the marks determined in the Northern Territory?
Stage 1 Subjects
Results for Stage 1 subjects are reported as a numerical score out of 20 and as ‘satisfactory achievement’, ‘recorded achievement’, or ‘requirements not met’. A level of ‘satisfactory achievement’ indicates that the student has completed the program of work and the set of assessment activities according to the criteria specified. A level of ‘recorded achievement’ indicates that the student has undertaken a program of work and a specified set of assessment activities. The description ‘requirements not met’ indicates that the student has enrolled in the subject, but has not attained either ‘satisfactory achievement’ or ‘recorded achievement’.
From 2002 subjects are reported in the following way
| 10–20 | Satisfactory achievement | (SA) | |
| 3–9 | Recorded achievement | (RA) | |
| 0–2 | Requirements not met | (RNM) |
The subject content, the types of skills measured, method of assessment and the range of abilities among students varies within the subject and from subject to subject. As a result of this, no direct comparison can or should be made between subject achievement scores in one subject with those in another.
Stage 2 Subjects
Results for Stage 2 subjects are reported as the score received out of 20 (Subject Achievement Score), a grade on a scale of A to E, and a description (e.g. 17 A Very high achievement). The marks for Stage 2 subjects are moderated to statewide standards, either by statistical methods using the external examination as a base or by other processes including visitation to schools and central moderation.
KEY TO SCORING
| Grade | A* | A | B | C | D | E | ||
| Score | 20 | 17–19 | 14–16 | 11–13 | 8–10 | 0–7 |
| 10–20 | Satisfactory achievement | (SA) | |
| 3–9 | Recorded achievement | (RA) | |
| 0–2 | Requirements not met | (RNM) |
