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Ragerunner
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Refer to this flowchart.
http://unix.ozclans.com/hscprocess.jpg
Aligned is what the BOS does.
Scaled is what the UAC does.
http://unix.ozclans.com/hscprocess.jpg
Aligned is what the BOS does.
Scaled is what the UAC does.
freaking_out
Saddam's new life
hey, was there a link for this from ya site??? like last time i looked there wasn't any.
yenta
veyron <3
what I would like to know is, how does the raw HSC exam mark get converted to an aligned HSC exam mark. Haven't found a decent explanation yet that I can actually understand
toknblackguy
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me too...
Nick
foregone conclusion
ok
u do the exam, and get a raw mark, then your exam mark and hte exam mark that corresponds with whatever rank you were in your internal assessments are averaged and this becomes your raw hsc mark.
the the BOS takes your raw HSC mark and judges into which band, (4,5,6 etc) hte mark you acheived would fall. if htey say anything about 80 is band 6 and you get 81, then you'd probably end up with an ALIGNED HSC MARK of around 91.
this has nothing to do with how many people got what mark, or anything like that, it just depends on what standard you acheived.
these marks are the ones that you see on your BOS Record of Acheivement, they are also ones used to get your name in hte newspaper, on teh distinguished acheivers list, all rounders and the such.
however to get your UAI, UAC take your Raw HSC marks and use a different Scaling process to determine your marks in each subject, and your total aggregate of marks (sum of 2units of english and best 8 units out of 500) to calculate your UAI..
u do the exam, and get a raw mark, then your exam mark and hte exam mark that corresponds with whatever rank you were in your internal assessments are averaged and this becomes your raw hsc mark.
the the BOS takes your raw HSC mark and judges into which band, (4,5,6 etc) hte mark you acheived would fall. if htey say anything about 80 is band 6 and you get 81, then you'd probably end up with an ALIGNED HSC MARK of around 91.
this has nothing to do with how many people got what mark, or anything like that, it just depends on what standard you acheived.
these marks are the ones that you see on your BOS Record of Acheivement, they are also ones used to get your name in hte newspaper, on teh distinguished acheivers list, all rounders and the such.
however to get your UAI, UAC take your Raw HSC marks and use a different Scaling process to determine your marks in each subject, and your total aggregate of marks (sum of 2units of english and best 8 units out of 500) to calculate your UAI..
Ragerunner
Your friendly HSC guide
Aligning is fitting your raw mark into performance bands.
This will explain how the subject is decided to be aligned.
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc/hsc_update_2002_06.html
This will explain how the subject is decided to be aligned.
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc/hsc_update_2002_06.html
yenta
veyron <3
Yeah, tried reading that b4, but failed, too lengthy and complicated for me, I just want a simple explanation. Nicks ^ one is pretty good, so aligning marks just means putting them into performance bands? And is it true that the harder the subject, the lower the cut off for band 6 is?
Nick
foregone conclusion
hard to say really..
depends on the type of subject i think
like Modern History is a hard subject, but the cut off for band 6 would probly be higher than that for 2u Maths..
its impossible to know for sure
depends on the type of subject i think
like Modern History is a hard subject, but the cut off for band 6 would probly be higher than that for 2u Maths..
its impossible to know for sure
Ragerunner
Your friendly HSC guide
From the document, it would appear those that require more 'english-type' answers will tend to align better as a variety of different but correct answers can arise.
No one will ever know how a subject aligns precisely. And even a subject is harder it may not necessarily mean it will align better, but in a lot of cases it appears so.
No one will ever know how a subject aligns precisely. And even a subject is harder it may not necessarily mean it will align better, but in a lot of cases it appears so.