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TISC Presentation 2009 WA Year 12 Changes and Procedures

TISC Presentation 2009 WA Year 12 Changes and Procedures. 2009 CHANGES (1). Separate stage 2 and stage 3 exams Standardisation mean 66 to 60 Scaling mean 58 to 60 English concession: Std component 60 to 55 (ECU, Curtin & Murdoch) Increment of 15 to stage 3 (announced 2007)

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TISC Presentation 2009 WA Year 12 Changes and Procedures

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  1. TISC Presentation 2009 WA Year 12 Changes and Procedures

  2. 2009 CHANGES (1) • Separate stage 2 and stage 3 exams • Standardisation mean 66 to 60 • Scaling mean 58 to 60 • English concession: Std component 60 to 55 (ECU, Curtin & Murdoch) • Increment of 15 to stage 3 (announced 2007) • Scaling Refinement (announced August 2009)

  3. 2009 CHANGES (2) • Curriculum Council WACE course score (stage 2 and 3) • Change of name TER to TER(ATAR) • Scaling statistics on web • Year 12 results available 30 December • Change of preferences for main round close 7 January 2010

  4. WACE courses and TEE Subjects 2009

  5. Examinations at end of Year 12 (2009)

  6. WA School Leaver Admission Requirements

  7. WA School Leaver Admission Requirements • Prerequisites (for some courses ) - scaled mark ≥ 50 in specified TEE subjects or WACE courses (stage 3 only) - Interview, Audition, Portfolio • Tertiary Entrance Rank TER (ATAR) - TEA, sum of best 4 scaled marks (out of 400) - Can count scaled marks from 2005 to 2009 - Unacceptable subject combinations - TER (ATAR) derived from the TEA

  8. TERTIARY ENTRANCE RANK TER(ATAR) • TER (ATAR) indicates your rank position in the total Year 12 school leaving age population in WA • That is, a TER (ATAR) of 75.00 means you have achieved better than 75.00% of all the Year 12 school leaving age people in WA • TER (ATAR)s are equivalent with other states’ ranks Called ATAR (was UAI) in NSW/ACT, ENTER in VIC and TER in TAS, SA and WA • 2009/2010 change of name by all states (except Qld) to Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)

  9. 26.5% 26.5% 15.1% 15.1% 0.7% 6% 6% 0.2% 2% 2% 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 70 80 90 100 Standardised Mark STANDARDISATION DISTRIBUTION Mean of 60 (66 from 2003 to 2008)

  10. Incentive to study WACE courses at stage 3 For all WACE courses with stage 2 and stage 3 exams. Increment of 15 is added to stage 3 adjusted combined marks before scaling the course

  11. SCALING PROCEDURE FOR WACE COURSES Stage 2 Stage 3 Raw School Assessments Raw Examination Marks Raw Examination Marks Raw School Assessments Moderation Moderation Standardisation Standardisation Standardisation Standardisation Standardised/Moderated School Assessments Standardised Examination Marks Standardised/Moderated School Assessments Standardised Examination Marks 50:50 Combined Standardised Marks 50:50 Combined Standardised Marks

  12. TEE Combined Marks Preliminary Average Marks Scaling Course Scaled Scores TEE Scaled Scores COMBINED MARKS TO SCALED SCORES Combined Marks (Stage 2 scale) Adjusted Combined Marks Stage 2 (course scale) Course Combined Marks (Pooled) Combined Marks (Stage 3 scale) Adjusted Combined Marks Stage 3 (course scale) Adjusted Combined Marks Stage 3 + 15 Average Marks Scaling

  13. 2010 UNIVERSITIES ADMISSION ADVICEMr STEPHEN MICHAEL SAMPLE 15099999Category: School Leaver COURSE DATA (WACE courses and TEE Subjects) Year Course/Subject Course units Scaled examined Mark 2009 Media Prod & Analysis 3A/3B 69.2 2009 Applied Information Tech. 2A/2B 61.4 2009 French n/a 56.4 2009 English 3A/3B 47.5 2009 Discrete Maths n/a 46.7 ADMISSION DATA CompetenceTER (ATAR) WACE in English 2 Subject 4 Subject Curtin University of Technology Achieved Not achieved - 80.35 Edith Cowan University Achieved Achieved - 80.35 Murdoch University Achieved Not achieved - 80.35 The University of Western Australia Achieved Not achieved - 80.35

  14. ELIGIBILITY FOR UNIVERSITY COURSES To be considered for a course(s) at Curtin, ECU, Murdoch or UWA you need to have: • Achieved the WA Certificate of Education (WACE); and • satisfied the Competence in English requirement for the university concerned; and • met any course prerequisites; and • achieved a TER (ATAR) high enough for the university course(s) concerned. As a guide, Indicative TER (ATAR)s for courses are printed in the 2010 TISC Guide and at www.tisc.edu.au FURTHER INFORMATION As you have not achieved competence in English for one or more universities, you may sit STAT to demonstrate your competence in English by achieving the appropriate standard for one or more of the universities above. See over for details 30 December 2009 Issued by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) in Western Australia Curtin University of Edith Cowan Murdoch The University of Technology University University Western Australia

  15. WA Curriculum Council

  16. 2010 All WACE courses (no TEE subjects) Mathematics 4 exams 2A & 2B; 2C & 2D 3A & 3B; 3C & 3D Mathematics: Specialist 2 exams 3A & 3B; 3C & 3D

  17. Any Questions

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