HSC Moderation and your assessment mark. (1 Viewer)

[sinsolja]

How far does the HSC go with your assesment mark moderation
For example if you do well in the HSC exam say band 6
and your school sends in 80-ish (for example) with a rank of top ten/ 35+

how far will the HSC push that 80ish mark up?

 

[Shadowdude]

Depends on what the highest mark in the class is and the moderation that they do.

 

[MrBrightside]

Depends on what the highest mark in the class is and the moderation that they do.

What if you get the highest mark internally? Do they look at the gap between 1st and 2nd?

 

[Shadowdude]

What if you get the highest mark internally? Do they look at the gap between 1st and 2nd?

Yes, and between 2nd and 3rd and all the rest of them.

If you get the highest mark internally, the first placed person gets that mark as his or her moderated school assessment mark. While that mark that you get is your OWN external HSC mark.

 

[MrBrightside]

Yes, and between 2nd and 3rd and all the rest of them.

If you get the highest mark internally, the first placed person gets that mark as his or her moderated school assessment mark. While that mark that you get is your OWN external HSC mark.

So you get your school's moderated mark for that subject if your 1st, but what does "While that mark that you get is your OWN external HSC mark." mean, so if you come 2nd internally you get lower than the school's moderated mark?

 

[Shadowdude]

So you get your school's moderated mark for that subject if your 1st, but what does "While that mark that you get is your OWN external HSC mark." mean, so if you come 2nd internally you get lower than the school's moderated mark?

You get your school's highest external HSC mark if you're first and that becomes the moderated mark for the first placed person. So you "get" that mark in that it becomes your moderated mark. But you don't actually get it as your 'external HSC mark' because that's reserved for what you yourself get in the exam.

For moderated marks, if you're not ranked first in the class, you get lower moderated marks than the first placed person. That's why we tell people to 'ace' the externals so their own external HSC mark can compensate for that lower moderated mark. That's also why we tell people to fight for first place.

 

[Some Vunt]

Yes, and between 2nd and 3rd and all the rest of them.

If you get the highest mark internally, the first placed person gets that mark as his or her moderated school assessment mark. While that mark that you get is your OWN external HSC mark.

You mixed up internally and externally.

 

[Shadowdude]

Oops, yes I did.

Let me fix it:

If you get the highest mark externally, the person ranked 1st in your cohort gets that as his or her moderated school assessment mark, while the mark that you got (the highest externally) is your own external HSC mark. Meanwhile, your own moderated school assessment mark depends on your rank and the gaps between people.