End of course reporting

Teachers are to refer to information and advice provided by their school or sector about specific requirements for reporting to parents and carers. For more information go to Loading . 

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Schools are responsible for allocating a grade to each student who completes a Year 11 course (except Life Skills and VET courses) to represent their achievement at the end of the course. These grades are determined by the student’s performance in relation to the Loading . Teachers make professional, on-balance judgements about which grade description best matches the standards their students have demonstrated by the end of the course. Using a computer program, an algorithm or numeric data to determine grades is not considered best practice.

Teachers are required to ensure that the grades allocated are consistent with published standards. This means that the grade a student receives in one school can be compared to the same grade anywhere in NSW. To ensure judgements are consistent with statewide standards, teachers compare their students’ work with relevant work samples on the NESA website that are aligned to the A to E Loading . The grade allocated is reported on a student’s Record of School Achievement (RoSA), a credential that allows students to accumulate their academic results until they leave school. It is also reported on their HSC credential.

Providing Loading  to assessment tasks for a student with disability does not restrict the student’s access to the full range of grades.

Schools are responsible for providing information to NESA about student performance in school-based assessments. The type of information that is provided to NESA depends on the course. The Assessment and Reporting documents located on the syllabus page for each course detail the requirements.

Schools use Achievement Level Descriptions to allocate grades (A to E) to all students who complete Year 12 courses in Loading , Loading  and Loading . The grades allocated to students for school-based assessment in these courses will be reported on HSC credentials.

Students who leave school prior to the Higher School Certificate examinations will receive a RoSA. It records grades for their completed Stage 5 and Year 11 courses and any participation in Stage 6 courses that were not completed.

Providing Loading  to assessment tasks for a student with disability does not restrict the student’s access to the full range of grades.

Schools submit a final assessment mark for each Board Developed course a student completes (other than Life Skills, VET and English Studies and Mathematics Standard 1 courses). At the conclusion of the assessment program, schools add up each student’s assessment marks for each task, ensuring that the components and weightings in the assessment information for the course have been applied. To enable moderated school assessment marks to provide an accurate representation of student performance, it is important that marks submitted to NESA establish the rank order and reflect the relative differences between students' achievement in the course.

Providing Loading  to assessment tasks for a student with disability does not restrict the student’s access to the full range of marks.

Schools can advise students of their rank order in each course, but must not inform students of their final, cumulative, school-based assessment mark as these marks will be Loading  based on examination performance and Loading . Students can access their Assessment Rank Order Notice in Loading  after the last HSC examination. If a student thinks that the rank order is not correct, they can seek advice from the school about the rank order appeal process.

NESA requires schools to submit an estimated examination mark for all students entered for optional HSC examinations in English Studies, Mathematics Standard 1 and VET framework courses. This mark is an estimate of likely performance in the HSC examination and reflects the student’s achievement on a task or tasks similar to the HSC examination, such as a trial HSC examination. The estimated examination mark should not be revealed to students as it is only used in the case of a successful illness/misadventure application.

Schools will provide information about student performance in relation to Loading .

VET courses are delivered by a registered training organisation (RTO). The RTO determines the unit of competency outcomes for students.

Schools must work with the delivering RTO to submit the competency outcomes via Loading  (unless the student is studying the course through TAFE NSW). Where applicable, work placement hours are also recorded.

Students receive recognition towards their school qualification (RoSA or HSC), as well as a nationally recognised VET qualification (Loading ). NESA distributes these qualifications on behalf of the school sector RTOs. TAFE NSW and other providers issue their own qualifications.

Where students satisfactorily complete a Life Skills course in Years 10–12, schools report to NESA the outcomes achieved by the student, either independently or with support. These outcomes are recorded on the Loading  and issued along with other credentials when the student leaves school.

The school will keep a record of the outcomes achieved by the student.

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