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 Textiles and Design
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 the properties, performance, design and production of textiles and technological development in textiles
demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of cultural, historical and contemporary influences and issues in the global textiles industry
makes well-informed judgements about the properties of fibres, yarns and fabrics to determine suitability for end use
produces a major project that demonstrates highly developed design, manufacturing and management skills
provides skilful and well-informed justifications about design inspiration and the use of textiles manufacturing and management techniques to produce the major project
skilfully and clearly communicates textiles ideas and processes in a range of forms.
Band 5
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of the properties, performance, design and production of textiles and technological development in textiles
demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of cultural, historical and contemporary influences and issues in the global textiles industry
makes informed judgements and selections about the properties of fibres, yarns and fabrics to determine suitability for end use
produces a major project that demonstrates well-developed design, manufacturing and management skills
provides informed justifications about design inspiration and the use of textiles manufacturing and management techniques to produce the major project
effectively communicates textiles ideas and processes in a range of forms.
Band 4
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of the properties, performance, design and production of textiles and technological development in textiles
demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of cultural, historical and contemporary influences and issues in the global textiles industry
makes sound judgements about the properties of fibres, yarns and fabrics to determine suitability for end use
produces a major project that demonstrates sound design, manufacturing and management skills
provides sound justifications about design inspiration and the use of textiles manufacturing and management techniques to produce the major project
communicates textiles ideas and processes in a range of forms.
Band 3
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the properties, performance, design and production of textiles and technological development in textiles
demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of some cultural, historical and contemporary influences and issues in the global textiles industry
describes properties of fibres, yarns and fabrics to determine suitability for end use
produces a major project that demonstrates basic design, manufacturing and management skills
describes design inspiration, textiles manufacturing and management techniques to produce the major project
communicates textiles ideas and processes.
Band 2
A student who performs at this level typically:
demonstrates elementary knowledge of the properties, performance, design and production of textiles
demonstrates elementary knowledge of cultural, historical and contemporary influences and/or issues in the global textiles industry
demonstrates limited skills in producing a major project
outlines the development of the major project
demonstrates limited communication of textiles ideas or processes.
Band 1
Performance reported as Band 1 indicates that the minimum standard expected was not demonstrated.