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Recording students’ achievements: Years 10, 11 and 12 2013 update for high schools

Content

• Key changes to credentialling student achievements
• Accumulation of achievements
• Grades for Stage 5 and Preliminary course students
• Literacy & numeracy tests
• Up2Now
• Examples of the typical student experience
• Students Online
• Explanatory material for schools
• What’s next

Key changes

• The School Certificate was abolished at the end of 2011
• The Record of School Achievement (RoSA) was

introduced as a cumulative record for all students in Years 10, 11 and 12

• A RoSA is provided on request for any eligible student

who has left school from end of Year 10 up to and including the HSC

• Students can request a RoSA along with the HSC

credential

Accumulation of achievements

When a student leaves school Credential received What course achievements are recorded End of Year 10 RoSA Year 10 grades Part way through Year 11 RoSA Year 10 grades Year 11 participation End of Year 11 RoSA Year 10 grades Year 11 grades Part way through Year 12 RoSA Year 10 grades Year 11 grades Year 12 participation End of Year 12 HSC RoSA Year 10 grades Year 11 grades Year 12 marks

Grades (A – E)

• Grades from A to E awarded by schools for all Stage 5

and Stage 6 Preliminary course achievements (VET and Life Skills courses excepted)

• Grades are monitored and moderated by the Board
• To assist teachers, work samples and other support

material on grades are available on the Board’s website

Literacy & Numeracy Tests

• The tests provide an overview of a student’s level of

achievement on the literacy and numeracy skills required for employment and further education

• 2012 results were mapped to Levels 1, 2 and 3 of

Australian Core Skills Framework

Up2Now

• Records extra-curricular activities
• Supports job applications and can document some

tertiary entrance requirements

• Around 170 schools have signed up to the trial already
• For more information -

http://up2now2013.eventbrite.com.au

Examples of typical student experiences

• Van leaves at the end of Year 10
• Maria completes Year 10 and uses her eRecords to get a

holiday job

• Georgia leaves part way through Year 11
• Gaia leaves at the end of Year 11
• Sam graduates at the end of Year 12 having attained the

HSC

Van – Year 10

• Van is leaving school at the end of Year 10 to

commence an apprenticeship

• He has completed Year 10 and is eligible for the RoSA
• Van sits the end-of-year optional literacy and numeracy

tests for school leavers, so he can present further information to his employers about his skills

• His school notified the Board via Schools Online that

Van was leaving school and his credentials are posted to him – Van is also able to see his achievements on Students Online and print an eRecord

Van an – Yea ear 1 r 10

Van an – Yea ear 1 r 10

Van an – Yea ear 1 r 10

Maria – Year 10

• Maria completed Year 10 and is going on to Years 11

and 12

• She wants to print out her Year 10 results to assist in

finding a part time job over the school holidays

• Maria activates her Students Online account and

downloads and prints her Student eRecord

• She also puts together an online portfolio including

extra curricula activities using Up2Now.

7-10

Maria Maria – Yea ear 1 r 10

Maria Maria – Yea ear 1 r 10

Georgia – Year 11

• Georgia is part way through Year 11 and decides to

leave school to pursue a full-time TAFE course

• She will receive a RoSA which lists the Stage 6

Preliminary courses she has commenced and her Year 10 grades

• This document will also record the date of Georgia’s

withdrawal from school

• If she didn’t sit the first half of the year literacy and

numeracy tests, Georgia can return to her school and sit the tests later in the year

PTO

Sample student

Geor Georgia gia – Yea ear 1 r 11

CONT.

Geor Georgia gia – Yea ear 1 r 11

Gaia – Year 11

• Gaia decides to leave school at the end of Year 11
• She will receive a RoSA that includes her Preliminary

course grades and her Year 10 grades

• Gaia has decided to sit for the literacy and numeracy

tests in the first half of the following year

• She will then receive her test results document from the

Board

Gaia Gaia – Yea ear r 11 11

Gaia Gaia – Yea ear r 11 11

CONT.

Sam – Year 12

• Sam graduates school at the end of 2014 after attaining

his HSC

• The HSC Record of Achievement will include his HSC

marks and his Stage 6 Preliminary course grades

• Sam can also request a copy of his Year 10 grades

Sa Sam m – Yea ear r 12 12

Students Online

• From 2013, all Year 10, 11 and 12 students will have

access to Students Online

• Schools need to ensure each student’s email address is

entered on Schools Online

Explanatory material for schools

Schools have been sent:

• a sample of the 2014 HSC Record of Achievement
• Records of School Achievement for Stage 5 and Stage 6

Preliminary students

• a Record of School Achievement for a Stage 6 student

who leaves during Year 12 and one for a student who completes the HSC

• student eRecords at various stages of a student’s

progress

• literacy and numeracy test results
• an Up2Now report.

What’s next

• Look for updates and reminders in the weekly Board

Bulletin

• BOSLOs available for staff sessions
• Board of Studies website for latest information
• Ongoing engagement with stakeholders – principals’

associations, parents groups, sectors