Mackenzie College NCEA Information Evening 2014
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What is NCEA?National Certificate of Educational Achievement – NCEA
NCEA can be gained at 3 levels•Level 1 •Level 2 •Level 3
Each of these usually takes one year, but some students may need longer, ie 18 months – 2 years.
This Framework is administered by the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
NCEA continued……
For the assessment of NCEA, subjects are broken into standards, for example Y11 Economics has six Achievement Standards.
Each standard is worth a number of credits.
Students are awarded the standard at Not Achieved, Achievement, Merit or Excellence.
Level 1 – 80 credits These must include10 Literacy credits and 10 Numeracy credits
Level 2 – 80 credits, can use 20 from Level 1 Must have met Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements
Level 3 – 80 credits, can use 20 from Level 2 Must have met Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements
University Entrance (UE) – Level 3 NCEA including 14 credits at Level 3 in 3 approved subjects
Must have 10 Literacy credits (5 reading, 5 writing) at Level 2 or aboveMust have 10 Numeracy credits at Level 1or above
External standards - we teach the content - practice assessments in school - assessed at end of year in the examsSome students have externals where the work is completed at the school and sent away for marking
Internal standards - we teach the content - assessed by a teacher in our school - % check marked by another teacher - % chosen for external moderation by NZQA
ie NCEA Level One with Merit
Intended to encourage and reward high quality work.
Merit Certificate at Level 1–3 needs 50 credits at Merit or Excellence.
Excellence Certificate at Level 1-3 needs 50 credits at Excellence.
ie Level 1 English with Excellence Level 1 Maths with MeritRequires 14 credits at Merit or Excellence level, which must be gained in a single school year.
At least 3 of these credits need to be from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards. This does not apply to Physical Education, or Level 3 Visual Arts.
LEVEL ONE – YEAR 11English, Maths, Science and two other subjects
Option bookletOption evening Term 4 Week 2Options meeting with Dean and student Term 4Meeting with Dean, student and parents/ caregivers at start of 2015
Students in Year 10 may start working on some Achievement Standards in some subjects this term.
Social Studies, English, Maths, and Science
As these are actual NCEA assessments then school assessment procedures apply.
Senior Student Handbook
Missed assessment
Assessments not handed in on time
Appeal process
NCEA Information
Senior Student Handbook
Information booklet from NZQA
NZQA website
www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea NZQA Website NCEA, standards, exams, examiners reports
www.tki.org.nz Ministry of Education WebsiteInternal assessment tasks
http://www.studyit.org.nz/ Studyit for Mathematics, English and Science subjects