NESA has published clarified ACE Rules on the NSW Curriculum website. Stay up to date with the clarified ACE Rules by visiting this website.
The clarified rules come into effect from 14 October 2024. Schools must not implement the clarified rules before this date. Schools must use the current ACE Rules on Loading... until 14 October 2024.
To learn more about how NESA has clarified the ACE Rules, refer to the information sheets.
Retaining student work samples and assessment activities
NESA is authorised under section 20A of the Education Act 1990 (NSW) to prepare and distribute to schools information relating to the conduct of exams and other forms of assessment for the RoSA and HSC.
Retaining student work samples and corresponding assessment activities for grade monitoring
- NESA conducts grade monitoring for Year 10 and Preliminary courses (except courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content, and VET courses), and for Year 12 English Studies, Mathematics Standard 1, and Numeracy to ensure the awarding of grades by schools is consistent with state-wide standards.
- Work samples may be used by schools to strengthen the consistency of teacher professional judgements when allocating grades consistent with student achievement.
- Schools retain student work samples to demonstrate how grades are awarded in accordance with state-wide standards.
- NESA may request work samples and corresponding assessment activities from a school for review.
- For the purpose of retaining work samples, TAFE NSW delivering courses based on NESA syllabuses have a responsibility to retain work samples.
Glossary
This will be defined and published at a later date.
This will be defined and published at a later date.