Does your school buy trial papers? (1 Viewer)

[Arithela]

If so, CSSA, independent, NEAP or what? How do we know which ones the school buys and will it be different across different faculties?

 

[munchiecrunchie]

yes, but only as an extra resource, they prefer to write their own trials - CSSA and NEAP are bought, for the record.

 

[JSBboag]

I come from a private school (Knox Grammar) and they buy their trial papers.

 

[minijumbuk]

Most schools do.
However, they don't buy the whole paper. They buy a couple, and use a few questions out of each.

 

[kaz1]

I think our school uses CSSA.

 

[IMABOYDAMON!]

We get the trial paper before hand.

 

[bawd]

Our school buys the trial papers, but I don't know what company.

 

[risole91]

We get the trial paper before hand.

What do you mean?
You get to see your test?

 

[risole91]

Some of my teachers buy them. Others choose to write their own. I prefer tests to be written by teacher.

 

[conics2008]

our school buys the exam paper... i think its called indepedent. or some thing..

 

[IMABOYDAMON!]

What do you mean?
You get to see your test?

Yep. It's more about seeing who will prepare for the test, rather than actually testing our smarts. It's about showing initiative.

Meh. I'm happy.

 

[HSC guy]

We get ours from CSSA. And the only thing our teachers change is they cross out the stuff we haven't got upto yet because we're so slow.

 

[hollyy.]

We get ours from CSSA. And the only thing our teachers change is they cross out the stuff we haven't got upto yet because we're so slow.

same here

 

[gloworm14]

we need to get hold of these trial papers before the trial somehow...:uhhuh:


I dont know if my school buys them or not, im clueless in that area

 

[hashi]

all skools buy test papars...if they dont buy the whole test paper then they buy different questions and cut and paste the questions on paper then put the skool logo on the front...no teachers can be bothered or payed well enuff to make their own papers with questions!!hahaha...

 

[JSBboag]

Yep. It's more about seeing who will prepare for the test, rather than actually testing our smarts. It's about showing initiative.

Meh. I'm happy.

Your joking right?

What school do you go to?

 

[cem]

all skools buy test papars...if they dont buy the whole test paper then they buy different questions and cut and paste the questions on paper then put the skool logo on the front...no teachers can be bothered or payed well enuff to make their own papers with questions!!hahaha...

I know with the CSSA, Independent and ARC trials you have to buy the whole paper, not just some questions. CSSA even state that you have to follow their timetable, or if you need to change it you can't set the exam earlier than their schedule time. CSSA also state that you have to use the entire paper unless you haven't finished a section of the paper.

Some years ago one school decided to ignore these instructions and run one exam the day earlier than scheduled and was penalised by not being able to buy the CSSA papers for 5 or so years.

 

[IMABOYDAMON!]

I know with the CSSA, Independent and ARC trials you have to buy the whole paper, not just some questions. CSSA even state that you have to follow their timetable, or if you need to change it you can't set the exam earlier than their schedule time. CSSA also state that you have to use the entire paper unless you haven't finished a section of the paper.

Some years ago one school decided to ignore these instructions and run one exam the day earlier than scheduled and was penalised by not being able to buy the CSSA papers for 5 or so years.

I see that as a loss to SCCA in terms of profits rather than a loss to the school.

 

[eliseliselise]

we get "neap" or "western region" papers, well that's what's on the top of the past ones anyway. according to my maths teacher, the trial papers arrived at school in the form of compact disc on the 4th of july... i am kicking myself for not waiting by the letter box, going home, burning the cds and then returning them. yeah, our school cuts out all the questions that we havent done... like binomial theorem, mechanics, series which is probably really really hard and wont be examined till the HSC. aah!!

 

[betraya]

I've seen my school take questions from other schools papers like conservatorium high 1994 for last year's paper, catholic 1999 for 2006 paper etc