Assessment
Course standards
Course standards are comprised of syllabus standards and performance standards. Syllabus outcomes and content form the syllabus standards that describe what students are expected to know, understand and do. Performance standards, including the Common Grade Scale for Preliminary courses, HSC Performance Band Descriptions and Achievement Level Descriptions (for HSC courses with grades only) describe how well students have achieved in relation to syllabus standards. Performance standards are used to report student achievement on NESA credentials.
Common Grade Scale for Preliminary courses
The Loading provides generic, holistic descriptions for performance at each of the 5 grade levels. It is used to report student achievement in Year 11 courses in all NSW schools.
Performance Band Descriptions for Dance
HSC performance band descriptions summarise the knowledge, understanding and skills typically demonstrated by students at each band level in a particular course. NESA uses these holistic descriptions to report a student's overall level of achievement in an HSC course.
Band 6
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of how the intent is communicated through the performance, choreography and appreciation of a range of dance works
demonstrates highly developed skills in manipulating and contrasting the components of performance to communicate the intent in dance works
demonstrates highly developed skills in consistently using the components of choreography and analysis of information to choreograph dance works in a personal style
demonstrates sophisticated evaluation of dance works and the influence of context on a practitioner and their body of work using the components of appreciation
skilfully communicates insightful judgements about dance works across performance, choreography and appreciation.
Band 5
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of how the intent is communicated through the performance, choreography and appreciation of a range of dance works
demonstrates well-developed skills in manipulating and contrasting the components of performance to communicate the intent in dance works
demonstrates well-developed skills in using the components of choreography and analysis of information to choreograph dance works in a personal style
demonstrates effective evaluation of dance works and the influence of context on a practitioner and their body of work using the components of appreciation
effectively communicates informed judgements about dance works across performance, choreography and appreciation.
Band 4
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of how the intent is communicated through the performance, choreography and appreciation of a range of dance works
demonstrates sound skills in manipulating and contrasting the components of performance to communicate the intent in dance works
demonstrates sound skills in using the components of choreography and the analysis of information to choreograph dance works in a personal style
demonstrates sound evaluation of dance works and the influence of context on a practitioner and their body of work using the components of appreciation
clearly communicates judgements about dance works across performance, choreography and appreciation.
Band 3
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of how ideas are communicated through the performance, choreography and appreciation of dance works
demonstrates basic skills in using the components of performance to communicate through dance works
demonstrates basic skills in using the components of choreography and information to choreograph dance works
describes dance works and a practitioner’s context using the components of appreciation
communicates information about dance works in performance, choreography and appreciation.
Band 2
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of the performance, choreography and appreciation of dance works
demonstrates limited use of the components of performance and choreography
outlines limited information about a practitioner(s) or dance work(s)
communicates limited information about dance work(s) in performance, choreography or appreciation.
Band 1
Performance reported as Band 1 indicates that the minimum standard expected was not demonstrated.