Atar scaling (1 Viewer)

[Locus]

Say a student excels in a subject, for example, that person gets 100% for internals whereas the rest of the cohort are clumped together around 80%. Can anybody explain how scaling of the internal assessment mark would work for the rest of the cohort for that subject?
Would there be a large difference between the internal assessment mark of that student (100%) compared to the person who ranks second (80%)?

 

[simplyinsanity]

Most likely - yes.

However, if the cohort went to the HSC and all got extremely close marks eg 95-99, this gap would be rather small. It depends on the spread of marks during the final HSC exam.

 

[Menomaths]

Say a student excels in a subject, for example, that person gets 100% for internals whereas the rest of the cohort are clumped together around 80%. Can anybody explain how scaling of the internal assessment mark would work for the rest of the cohort for that subject?
Would there be a large difference between the internal assessment mark of that student (100%) compared to the person who ranks second (80%)?

Internal marks don't get scaled?

 

[simplyinsanity]

Internal marks don't get scaled?

I think he was talking about moderation.

 

[D94]

Most likely - yes.

However, if the cohort went to the HSC and all got extremely close marks eg 95-99, this gap would be rather small. It depends on the spread of marks during the final HSC exam.

^This.

It depends on how well the cohort performs in the HSC exams. Internal marks are moderated based on the performance in the HSC exam.