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Reporting to NSW Schools on the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate Presenter: Carol Taylor, Director, Assessment and Examinations, NSW Board of Studies. Schools Online. Schools send and receive information to the NSW Office of the Board of Studies (OBOS) via Schools Online
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Reporting to NSW Schools on the School Certificateand theHigher School CertificatePresenter: Carol Taylor, Director, Assessment and Examinations, NSW Board of Studies
Schools Online • Schools send and receive information to the NSW Office of the Board of Studies (OBOS) via Schools Online • Schools Online is a secure website developed by OBOS, which is accessed without charge by the Principal or delegate through a username and password
Higher School Certificate Components Reports • In some HSC courses, students are required to present for more than one examination • These are referred to as Components
HSC Components Reports (cont.) • For such courses we provide an additional report to schools via Schools Online • This is known as the: HSC Components Report • It shows students’ relative performance across the components.
Features of the HSC report • It sorts students from the school group in descending order by Exam Mark • For each student it shows the percentage of total marks gained from each component • It also provides, for each component, the mean percentage for the school group and the nominal weighting • It includes a page of explanatory notes
School Certificate Components Reports • For the School Certificate tests we also provide Components Reports • However, the components used are particular skills/topics covered in the test • Each year, all test questions are linked with a particular component
Results Analysis Package • Schools can also pay an annual fee to access further data about the performance of their students and the state • These data are presented in the Results Analysis Package, a program developed by the NSW Board of Studies • This program includes several statistical tools to analyse school/state performance:
One can also analyse school/state performance on particular multiple choice questions