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12 Assessment and Reporting

12.5 Assessment Components, Weightings and Tasks

Preliminary Course

The suggested components, weightings and tasks for the Preliminary course are set out below. This table shows indicative time spent on each section. An example of assessment weightings is included in the Support document.

Component	Weighting	Tasks may include:
Introduction to Information Skills and Systems	20%	project work essays tests oral presentations portfolios of students' work structured interview student-teacher discussion student logs and journal practical assignments practical mastery tests student explanation and demonstration
Tools for Information Processes	50%
Developing Information Systems	30%
Marks	100%

There should be a balance between the assessment of:

• knowledge and understanding outcomes and course content; and
• skills outcomes and course content.

HSC Course

The internal assessment mark for Information Processes and Technology Stage 6 is to be based on the HSC course only. Final assessment should be based on a range and balance of assessment instruments. This table shows indicativetime spent on each section. An example of assessment weightings is included in the Support document.

Component	Weighting	Tasks may include:
Project Management	20%	project work essays tests oral presentations portfolios of students' work structured interview student-teacher discussion student logs and journal practical assignments practical mastery tests student explanation and demonstration
Information Systems and Databases	20%
Communication Systems	20%
Option Strands	40%
Marks	100%

There should be a balance between the assessment of:

• knowledge and understanding outcomes and course content; and
• skills outcomes and content

One task may be used to assess several components. It is suggested that 3–5 tasks are sufficient to assess the HSC course outcomes.