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They moderate the school assessment mark using the only common assessment task across the state - the HSC itself. This is why they say that the top exam mark becomes the top assessment mark and the bottom exam mark becomes the bottom assessment mark - as the exam sets the range, total, median...

They get marks not ranks.

Yes you can 'jump back up' but remember that others are also stepping up in Year 12. Yes it does count 7.5% because 50% of the final HSC mark comes from the assessment mark sent in by the school which is determined by your assessment tasks. Some years ago I had a student who was ranked 17th...

Pakistan and New Zealand have suspended play for the day as a result - a sign of the regard in which he was held around the cricket world.

Did your school issue you with a reference? A lot of schools do that as a matter of course. These days I am rarely asked for a reference simply as a teacher because the school provides such a detailed one but when asked I always provide a personal reference including comments about work ethic...

The injury appears to have been damage to a major artery to the brain. I have also just heard that the NZ v Pakistan test has been suspended while they decide what to do in the light of this tragedy, which I think is an appropriate gesture - particularly as both Hughes and Abbott were in the...

Due to the time constraints between the exams finishing and finalizing the marks there was a limited window to go online and check that the ranks are correct. As that time has passed the ranks are now in the system and the calculations are being finalized to ensure that you get your marks on time.

Japan is now one of Australia's largest trading partners. We are now friends. Some of the older members may look at you but most people won't care these days.

With the HSC the school has to be much stricter than in earlier years - so the idea of 'emailing it later' doesn't become an option in many schools. It is only a warning - so long as the assessment tasks are handed in/completed on time you will be fine. Don't stress about it and just stay on...

I am sending you a PM. Moderators - can you delete my last two messages as the 'delete' option seems to have disappeared from the Edit Post.

Again - the marker has to wait until the end to know your argument and thus would be already thinking more along the lines of 7/8 than 9/10. There is way too much detail in there for a 10 marker. You try writing all that in an exam and you will run out of time at the end. Remember that to do...

One suggestion - make clear you assessment in the first sentence as well as at the end. That way the marker knows where you are going with your analysis. I would suggest starting with something like 'Source B is xxxxx useful to an historian studying yyyyyy because zzzzz. Then do your analysis...

Major issue - you aren't allowed to do a topic that 'significantly overlaps' with an examinable syllabus and all of yours fit into that bill. Not just topics your school teachers mind you but ANY examinable syllabus. You will need to find some way around the events. As a teacher I wouldn't...

I would imagine that the reason why the school isn't offering is because they don't believe they have enough students strong enough to do well in it and thus don't have the staff available. To form an Advanced class means cutting another class somewhere - a standard one obviously and the...

That is because it is possible for students to enter the exam room in that time period - entering late. So one student goes in sees the paper, makes some mental notes - leaves the room and tells their friend what is in the paper. They spend 30 minutes or so just going over that stuff and then...

Definitely. There are cohorts of over 100 students so tied ranks would be essential in that schools.

Totally agree Rafy. Teachers and technology are both fallible and so mistakes to happen. Check it now as once this door closes it is too late.

Only the rank - not the mark

When you did each assessment task you should have been told the weighting and the number of marks e.g. weighting 30% and total marks 55. You would then convert your mark out of 55 to a mark out of 30 and then repeat that for each of your tasks. Then add the marks up but... remember that...

This sounds like an 'ongoing' illness situation in which case applications closed on the 14th July. If this is a situation that has arisen since then you will need an illness/misadventure form for your exams now and need to see the exam supervisors so they can fill in how it appears to have...