Go to this link and read it.
http://community.boredofstudies.org...na/6642/explanation-hsc-marks-moderating.html
The School Assessment marks were originally much harsher (lower) for students in School B than School A, but the performance in the Exam suggests that both groups are similar in ability. While School A's School Assessment average was slightly higher than expected given their exam performance, School B's School Assessment average was much lower than expected (it was 47.3, rather than 79.3). Therefore moderation for School A brought the assessment marks downward slightly, while moderation for School B brought the assessment marks upwards a large amount. The end result is School A and School B students
receiving consistent HSC marks.
For example go to the first page of this thread by rage runner.
e.g i will use school B
can you see why Anne's moderated Assessment mark is 86 while ben is only 82.
the reason why is Anne receives 86 as moderated assessment mark is because SHE CAME FIRST AT SCHOOL only 60 (UNMODERATED) and therefore she receives the EXTERNAL mark of the highest mark at her school which was achieved by Ben = 86 external. Can you see how it works now? Yes when the head teachers are explaining how it works they will tend to say rankings do play a part in scaling and not only at school but also the external ranking.
Anne's low mark of 60 does not count and is not the final assessment (obviously).
if u still cannot see what is going on go and look at the first page of this thread and compare quickly in a new window.
THE UAI is a rank not a mark.
realistic example
e.g Why dont you admit it , i have asked many students how well they got scaled and especially take a local example at a Selective School e.g Girraween
A friend who only got average 50% in English Advanced who had bad rankings still scored in the high 93 in English Advanced as their final hsc mark. They looked at their assessment mark as it appeared on the HSC certificate. IT DID NOT SAY 60 OR 70 OR EVEN 50. IT WAS PRINTED 90 because he simply beat lots of people in external + got very high mark relative to the top 4% of state.
Another HYPOTHETICAL example
Miss Kumar attended School abc (school shall not be named as it may reflect image of school)
She came second last in school but she excelled in Mathematics + Maths EXT 1
Chemistry and Physics + English Advanced + Economics. (12 units)
She achieved 90's overall in all her subjects but EVERYONE IN THE STATE BEAT HER IN THE FINAL EXAM BY MORE THAN 7% ON AVERAGE IN THEIR SUBJECTS.
Her UAI is not going to be anywhere near 90 or even 60.
THe reason why is because everyone else in the state performed better than her and her final rankings in her subjects meant that she done bad considering eeryone else got 100% and this meant she was at the bottom 1% of the state and therefore her scaled aggregate is much less than everyone else in the state.
e last year about 27000 sat for eng advanced and 29000 sat for english standard and she is going to get less than 50 UAI for sure because she done bad relative to everyone else. if u aced the exam relatively better compared to everyone else in the state which means not only your school but everyone in the state then therefore you get a good high uai.
your rankings in the final exam is compared to the whole state not only your school but everyone else.
unnecessary to stress again but anyway " THE UAI is a rank not a MARK!"
therefore if everyone stuffs up in their subjects e.g all the selective schools + top students suddenly crashed the final exam (bombed it) get only 50% and you got for example 80% then your uai is going to be at the top. Seriously just work hard at the fina l exam and you will notice that after all if u did do good then your UAI will be good. It doesn't matter if u come last at school because the sample is too small e.g even if u come last in James Ruse but excelled in the rankings of whole external state exam then you will benefit greatly your uai will still be high 99.55 average UAI of James ruse students.
The school is especially noted for its academic prowess and competitiveness, as well as the high percentage of its students entering universities. In recent years it has been the top-performing school in New South Wales in the Higher School Certificate, ranking first in number of merit list mentions for the past ten consecutive years [1] and having a median UAI of 99.55 among the 173 Year 12 students in 2004. [2]
""" and having a median UAI of 99.55 among the 173 Year 12 students in 2004.
INFO FROM WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ruse_Agricultural_High_School#The_James_Ruse_Award_Scheme
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http://community.boredofstudies.org...-marks-moderating/13649/pic2.jpg?d=1157441724
good luck dont argue anymore.
