How are rankings calculated? (1 Viewer)

[terushi]

It seems like a pretty easy concept, but I'm still a bit confused.

Does your ranking come from your position in your most recent assessment? Or does it come from the average of all your marks in a subject so far in comparison to the average of your peers in that class?

If the 1st option, is staying at rank 1 right before the HSC a chance thing? (given that you work hard enough to achieve the top position)
If the 2nd option, can someone ever become rank 1 if they fail one assessment but do very well with the rest, all the while being in a class with consistently high-achieving students? How would someone be able to achieve rank 1?

 

[jazz519]

Its calculated based on all your assessments you have completed up to that point. Assessments also have different weighting so getting 1st in a 25% assessment will obviously mean a better end rank compared to an assessment worth 10%.

For your question about someone failing and then trying to become 1st. I guess its possible, but in a cohort which is strong highly unlikely that you can go from a fail to a 1st rank in the end but you can probably still improve a lot.

Overall at the end rank 1 is the person with the highest percentage of assessment weighting