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 Graphics and Multimedia Technology
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 communication techniques, strategies, equipment and technologies in industry contexts
makes well-informed judgements about safe and ethical working practices, and how a range of industry factors affect production decisions
demonstrates highly developed skills in the production and refinement of a technical graphics or multimedia product
demonstrates skilful and well-informed evaluation of production processes and project intent using the design process, quality principles and product standards
skilfully communicates information about project production and management using insightful, well-chosen evidence.
Band 5
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of communication techniques, strategies, equipment and technologies in industry contexts
makes informed judgements about safe and ethical working practices, and how a range of industry factors affect production decisions
demonstrates well-developed skills in the production and refinement of a technical graphics or multimedia product
demonstrates informed evaluation of production processes and project intent using the design process, quality principles and product standards
effectively communicates information about project production and management using well-chosen evidence.
Band 4
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of communication techniques, strategies, equipment and technologies in industry contexts
makes sound judgements about safe and ethical working practices, and how a range of industry factors affect production decisions
demonstrates sound skills in the production and refinement of a technical graphics or multimedia product
demonstrates sound evaluation of production processes and project intent using the design process, quality principles and product standards
clearly communicates information about project production and management using appropriate evidence.
Band 3
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of communication techniques and strategies and/or equipment and technologies in industry contexts
describes safe and ethical working practices, and some industry factors relating to production decisions
demonstrates basic skills in the production of a technical graphics or multimedia product
demonstrates basic evaluation of production processes and project intent
communicates information about project production and/or management using some evidence.
Band 2
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of communication techniques, strategies, equipment or technologies in industry contexts
outlines safe and ethical working practices and/or some industry factors
demonstrates limited skills in the production of a technical graphics or multimedia product
demonstrates limited evaluation of production processes or project intent
communicates limited information about project production or management.
Band 1
Performance reported as Band 1 indicates that the minimum standard expected was not demonstrated.