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 Aboriginal studies
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 Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges, histories and Cultures and the impacts and consequences of decisions and policies on Aboriginal Peoples
demonstrates skilful analysis of the significance of Aboriginal Peoples’ Cultural Knowledges, Practices and Languages and the role of Country on Aboriginal Peoples’ lives
demonstrates skilful analysis of Aboriginal Peoples’ initiatives and responses related to government policies, legislations, legal decisions and social justice and human rights issues
demonstrates skilful analysis of a range of sources to share information about Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledges, histories and Cultures
demonstrates highly developed skills in applying research processes, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) protocols and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov).
Band 5
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges, histories and Cultures and the impacts and consequences of decisions and policies on Aboriginal Peoples
demonstrates effective analysis of the significance of Aboriginal Peoples’ Cultural Knowledges, Practices and Languages and the role of Country on Aboriginal Peoples’ lives
demonstrates effective analysis of Aboriginal Peoples’ initiatives and responses related to government policies, legislations, legal decisions and social justice and human rights issues
demonstrates effective analysis of a range of sources to share information about Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledges, histories and Cultures
demonstrates well-developed skills in applying research processes, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) protocols and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov).
Band 4
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges, histories and Cultures and the impacts and consequences of decisions and policies on Aboriginal Peoples
demonstrates sound analysis of the significance of Aboriginal Peoples’ Cultural Knowledges, Practices and Languages and the role of Country on Aboriginal Peoples’ lives
demonstrates sound analysis of Aboriginal Peoples’ initiatives and responses related to government policies, legislations, legal decisions and social justice and human rights issues
demonstrates sound analysis of a range of sources to share information about Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledges, histories and Cultures
demonstrates sound skills in applying research processes, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) protocols and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov).
Band 3
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates some knowledge of Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges, histories and Cultures and the impacts and/or consequences of decisions or policies on Aboriginal Peoples
describes Aboriginal Peoples’ Cultural Knowledges, Practices and Languages and/or the role of Country
describes Aboriginal Peoples’ initiatives and responses related to government policies, legislations, legal decisions and/or social justice and human rights issues
demonstrates basic analysis of sources to share information about Aboriginal and/or international Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledges, histories and Cultures
demonstrates basic skills in using research processes, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property protocols (ICIP) and/or Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov).
Band 2
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates limited knowledge of Aboriginal and international Indigenous Peoples' Knowledges, histories and Cultures
outlines Aboriginal Peoples’ Cultural Knowledges, Practices, Languages and/or the role of Country
outlines Aboriginal Peoples’ responses to government policies, legislations, legal decisions and/or social justice and human rights issues
demonstrates limited analysis of sources to share information about Aboriginal and/or international Indigenous Peoples
demonstrates limited skills in using research processes, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) protocols and/or Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov).
Band 1
Performance reported as Band 1 indicates that the minimum standard expected was not demonstrated.