Year 11

Schools are required to submit to NESA a grade for each student based on their achievement at the end of the course.

Teachers use professional, on-balance judgement to allocate grades based on the Common Grade Scale for Preliminary courses.

Teachers consider all available assessment information, including formal and informal assessment, to determine the grade that best matches each student’s achievement at the end of the course.

See ACE (Assessment, Certification and Examination rules and requirements) for further information.

Assessment programs must reflect course components and weightings

The course components and component weightings for Year 11 are mandatory.

Course component	Weighting
Knowledge and understanding	50%
Skills	50%

Schools may determine specific elements of their assessment program

Schools have authority to determine the number, type of task and the weighting allocated to an assessment task. Schools may also follow the sample assessment programs provided by NESA.

Some students with disability may require adjustments in order to access assessment opportunities and demonstrate achievement of outcomes.

Sample assessment program

NESA’s sample Year 11 formal school-based assessment program for Numeracy includes:

3 assessment tasks, including:
- a formal written examination
- an assignment or investigation-style task.

Assignment or investigation-style task

The length and scheduling of the assignment or investigation-style task is at the discretion of the school. The task should provide opportunities to gather evidence about the:

achievement of a range of outcomes
application of Numerical Reasoning and Mathematical Thinking components
demonstration of knowledge and skills in context.

The following examples provide some approaches to task types:

an investigative project or assignment involving presentation of work in class
an independently chosen project or investigation
scaffolded learning tasks culminating in an open-ended or modelling-style situation
a guided investigation involving collection and analysis of information and data.

Year 12

NESA requires schools to submit a school-based grade for each Year 12 candidate in this course. Formal school-based assessment tasks should reflect the syllabus outcomes and content. The grade submitted by the school provides a summation of each student’s achievement measured at several points throughout the course. Schools will use the Achievement Level Descriptions for Numeracy Stage 6 to award grades for school-based assessment.

A school’s program of school-based assessment includes both mandatory and non-mandatory elements.

See ACE (Assessment, Certification and Examination rules and requirements) for further information.

Assessment programs must reflect course components and weightings

The course components and component weightings for Year 12 are mandatory.

Course component	Weighting
Knowledge and understanding	50%
Skills	50%

Schools may determine specific elements of their assessment program

Schools have authority to determine the number, type of task and the weighting allocated to an assessment task. Schools may also follow the sample assessment programs provided by NESA.

Some students with disability may require adjustments in order to access assessment opportunities and demonstrate achievement of outcomes.

Sample assessment program

NESA’s sample Year 12 formal school-based assessment program for Numeracy includes:

a maximum of 4 assessment tasks, including:
- a minimum weighting for an individual task of 10%
- a maximum weighting for an individual task of 40%.

Assignment or investigation-style task

The length and scheduling of the assignment or investigation-style task is at the discretion of the school. The task should provide opportunities to gather evidence about the:

achievement of a range of outcomes
application of Numerical Reasoning and Mathematical Thinking components
demonstration of knowledge and skills in context.

The following examples provide some approaches to task types:

an investigative project or assignment involving presentation of work in class
an independently chosen project or investigation
scaffolded learning tasks culminating in an open-ended or modelling-style situation
a guided investigation task involving collection and analysis of information and data.

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