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Here's my reply. You'll note that it's substantially the same as yours. (And I noted that it is an improvement on replies from previous years - no doubt one of the benefits of a review by the Ombudsman!) They have misunderstood (or not bothered to properly consider) the second part of my...

Aligned marks are not capped for any courses, so you can always reach Band 6 or an aligned mark of 100. Scaled marks are sometimes capped, and general mathematics is an example of a course for which this usually occurs. There's a bit more about that here. :)

Alright, let's wait and see whether anything happens next week. Good to know - I certainly have no interest in keeping the data identifiable - but let me make sure my method will actually work first. :) It seems like it has potential, but I'm not convinced just yet. Needs further analysis.

I'll explain by way of example. Assume that at a particular school, for a particular course, all of the students are placed in the same performance band (e.g. Band 6). x = raw internal assessment marks y = initial moderated assessment marks z = aligned assessment marks Their raw...

Yes, that's right. It stops people from writing posts all in caps.

Very interesting. I'll post my determination during the week when I have access to a scanner. Most of it is identical to yours, James. They have obviously read DP's post about self-marking scripts. I am surprised to see them concede that this could be used as a method for determining...

You're right. There should be. We'll add one soon. :) Thanks!

Business Services Administration is an example of a course that is typically capped. The maximum possible scaled mark last year was 42/50 (obtained with an HSC mark of 95/100). SAM is based on last year's stats, so HSC marks above that score don't increase your scaled mark and don't increase...

Thanks. :) It shows every offer that was made - whether the offer was accepted or not. So, in your example, both the prelim and main round offers would be shown.

The last time you asked was in this thread, and while the answer I gave hasn't changed, I would encourage you to ask more questions if something I said doesn't make sense. :)

Hmm, BOSBOY is right, you would need to have done the corresponding preliminary course if you want to pick up a new HSC course. You'd really be a lot better off just studying for maths. You only need an average mark to get the UAI you're after - you don't have to be a top achiever or even...

Well... by 'obtainable' I meant 'obtainable if you are willing to fight for it'. :) It was possible to obtain your raw examination marks and your initial moderated assessment marks when I wrote that document, because the Board gave them to me. Unfortunately the Board backflipped on its...

:)

Why don't you try to work them out? :)

I didn't realise you were sitting the HSC this year - you might still be able to change courses now without having to do another course next year. What are you currently taking?

Pathways just involves doing your HSC courses across more than one year. You can't get rid of your maths mark, but if you do another course and get a higher scaled mark, it will count instead of your maths mark. So you can still 'exclude' maths from your UAI calculation. Anyone can do this...

Average scaling. Similar to modern history and studies of religion II, marginally better than biology and geography, a bit below physics.

Looks pretty good Schoey, I think I'd agree with most of that. One small thing - all the marks in your example should be raw marks, and where it says "Aligned HSC mark" it should read "Raw HSC mark". The next step in the process after moderating is to align the two main raw marks (examination...

FYI, this has now been fixed. Permanently. :)

Courses with low scaled means typically have maximum scaled marks less than 50. General Mathematics is an example of a course which is nearly always capped on this basis. In 2008, the maximum scaled mark for this course was 45.5/50. So, scaled marks greater than 45.5 (i.e. > 91%) are counted...