Post on 27-Jun-2020
Times have changed
Times will continue to change
* More automation* More globalisation* “Old” jobs lost* New jobs demanding different, less specific skills* Long term goal setting passe* Likely to change career paths a number of times
Out: Mining, accountancy, certain aspects of medicine, manufacturing sector, any industry that can involve self service (airports, supermarkets etc), traditional university education (more on line)
In: care industry (aged care, nursing, paramedical), teaching, trades, psychology, food
* It’s OK not to know your pathway now * It’s desirable to be flexible about what the
future holds * Broad skills that industry and professions
require: * Problem solving * Collaboration, communication & teamwork * Creativity & imagination
* Raw marks* Aligned marks* Scaled marks* Moderation* Courses* Subjects* Units* Aggregate
Minimum of 12 units in Yr 11 (Preliminary)
Minimum of 10 units in Yr 12 (HSC)
Subject selection must include: At least two units of English At least four subjects At least six of the 12 units must
be Board Developed Courses At least three of the courses must
be 2 unit or greater value No more than six units of Science
courses may be selected
In Yr 11 we offer: Over 40 Board Developed
Courses
3 VET courses
Many TAFE VET (TVET) courses
Preliminary Courses Year 11 2018 – Castle Hill High SchoolBoard Developed Courses
English Maths Science TAS HSIE LOTE Creative &Perf Arts
PDHPE
2U Eng Adv2U Eng Stand2U Eng EAL/D2u Eng Stud**1U Eng Ext1
2U Maths2U Math Stand1U Math Ext1
2U Physics2U Chem2U Bio
2U Des & Tec2U Tex & Des2U Food Tec2U Com Fam2U Eng Sci2U In T Wood2U In T Met2u In T Graph
Social Sci:2U Bus Stud2U Leg Stud2U Eco2U Geog
History:2u Mod His2u Anc His2u Ab Stud2 u Soc & Cult
2U Fren Beg2U Fren Con2U Jap Beg2U Jap Con
2U Drama2U Vis Arts2U Dance2U Music 12U Music 2
2U PDHPE
COMPUTING
2u SDD2u IPT
VET Courses2U Hos Op *2U Construc*
2U Entertain*
Content Endorsed Courses (these do not contribute to an ATAR)
2U Photo andDig Imaging
2U Sp Life &Rec Stud
* = Category B courses. Only allowed one of these for an ATAR** = will not qualify for ATAR
School based assessment :
* 3 tasks in Year 11 * 4 tasks in Year 12 * This includes exams
Half of the final HSC mark
All raw HSC assessment marks submitted by schools are moderated by the BOS in a process called alignment
Alignment adjusts the raw assessments submitted by schools so that the mean (average) of the group’s assessments is set to equal the mean of the aligned HSC exam mark obtained by the group
The top assessment mark is set to equal the top exam mark
The rank order as submitted by the school of students remains unchanged in their group
Results for 2unit LawnmowingStudent Raw
School assess mark
SchoolRank
Aligned Exam mark
ExamRank
Moderated assess mark
Final assessRank
John 90 1 93 1 93 1
Tim 70 2 60 3 67 2
Peter 65 3 65 2 59 3
Matt 64 4 50 5 57 4
Rianna 60 5 55 4 52 5
Sue 55 6 35 7 43 6
Paula 50 7 41 6 35 7
Total 390 348 348
Mean 65 58 58
The HSC serves many purposes but the ATAR serves only one – to assist universities in RANKING (top to bottom) applicants for universities
Approx 70,000 will sit for the HSC and about 60,000 will be eligible for a ATAR
The best 10 units (2 of which could be a category B) of BDCs are used to determine the ATAR. 2 units of English will be included
The ATAR is calculated by universities in NSW and ACT and is released by UAC
The ATAR is a rank. It is not a mark.
Schools do not receive ATARs
HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
The HSC presents a profile showing the STANDARDS a student achieves in courses they studied
AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY
ADMISSION RANK
A student's ATAR is a RANK indicating their achievement not against a standard but against other students
HSC Raw HSC marks are
not scaled – they are aligned to standards ie moderated to meet the standards within bands
ATAR* Each course is scalednot against a standard but against the quality of the entire HSC candidature* A new mark value is assigned for each course*An aggregate is given to form a RANK ORDER
Good rankings are more difficult to obtain when students are competing against students of high quality.
So………
The scaling model looks for the “strength of the competition” or the “company you’re in” or the “quality of the candidature”
Subjects that are
hard are scaled upand subjects that are soft are scaled down
1. Raw exam mark2. Raw moderated school assess mark3. Aligned exam mark4. Moderated school assess5. HSC mark6. Then… each individual’s marks, as above, in all exams
Each student’s results in every subject are calculated in order to determine the quality of candidature for a particular subject
Course Scaled mean(one unit)
Scaled mark for P90 (beat 90%. Top 10%)
Scaled mark for P75 (beat 75%. Top 25%)
Chemistry 31.6 42.4 38.7
Legal Studies 25.4 39.3 33.9
Music 2 33.7 44.8 39.9
Senior Science 19.2 33.2 26.5
CFS 19.6 34.1 28.0
2014 scaled marks for selectedcourses – used for ATAR calculation
2014 - more scaled means:•Latin Continuers - 40.6 (170)•Classical Greek continuers – 40.1 (17)
•French continuers – 34.7 (833)•English advanced – 32.0 (27,108)•Japanese continuers – 31.4 (798)
•Biology – 26.9 (16,703)•Business Studies – 23.8 (14,721)•PDHPE – 23.3 (14,283)•Visual Arts – 22.9 (9,717)•IPT – 21.5 (4,140)
•English standard – 18.1 (34,384)•Aboriginal Studies - 15.3 (361)•Arabic Beginners – 12.2 (10)
To use the reported HSC marks to estimate the ATAR rank is difficult
To get a high ATAR a student must not only have high HSC marks but be ranked highly in their courses across the whole entry across the state
Examples of student achievement –Same ATAR, different subjects
ATAR
Course HSC mark ATAR Course HSC mark
65 English AdvancedAncient HistoryBiologyGen MathematicsPDHPE
7570717478
65 English StandardBusiness StudiesLegal StudiesGen MathematicsHospitality
7069798173
ATAR
Course HSC mark ATAR Course HSC mark
75 English AdvancedBiologyGen MathematicsSenior ScienceVisual Arts
7876758481
75 English StandardSoft Des & DevMod History MathematicsPhysicsFrench Beginners
657481656894
ATAR
Course HSC mark ATAR Course HSC mark
85 EnglishAdvancedComm & Fam StudGen MathematicsMod HistoryPDHPE
8390807784
85 English StandardPDHPEBiologyGen MathsHospitality
7479849181
Two examples of student achievement –Same subjects, different ATARs
Ryan Ryan and Craig
Craig
Ryan’s ATAR
HSC mark Percentile (% of students whom Ryan performed better than)
Courses Craig’s ATAR
HSC mark Percentile (% of students whom Craig performed better than)
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Two examples of student achievement –Same subjects, different ATARs
Ryan Ryan and Craig
Craig
Ryan’s ATAR
HSC mark Percentile (% of students whom Ryan performed better than)
Courses Craig’s ATAR
HSC mark Percentile (% of students whom Craig performed better than)
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When choosing ask the following:• What am I good at?
• What do I like?
• What skills are my strengths?
Read everything you have been given
Ask those who know
Identify strengths and weaknesses
Identify some goals – but don’t be bound by them
If in doubt aim high