what's the diff between aligned, HSC and scaled mark? (1 Viewer)

[jpcg]

hi im just really confused as to the difference between the aligned, HSC and scaled mark. And what are the marks we get back for our HSC?

 

[Rafy]

The Aligned marks are the marks that are determined by the board of studies, and are reported to you by bos the day before you recieve your UAI. The aligned marks consist of the Examination Mark, the Assesment Mark and the HSC mark.

Examination Mark: Your aligned HSC external exam mark
Assesment Mark: Your aligned school based marks
HSC Marks: Roughly an average between the Exam and Assesment Marks.

So thats the aligned and HSC marks. Scaled marks however are seperate from them. Scaled marks are determined by the University admissions center (UAC) who go back to the raw marks and scale them in order to calculate an aggregate (out of 500) which is then used to determine your UAI.

Note: The calculation of the UAI does not involve the Aligned HSC marks.

 

[insert-username]

The aligned mark is the mark that's been aligned by the Board of Studies to the "standards packages" for each subject. Firstly, the papers are marked and the raw marks (straight from the exam papers) are obtained. Then, aligning takes place. It's basically where people look over the raw marks and "match" them to bands - high band 6 for the papers which demonstrate extensive knowledge of the course, low band 6 for those with slightly less, but still excellent knowledge, etc.

The scaled mark is the mark obtained by the Technical Committee on Scaling when they calculate the UAI. The UAI is not calculated by the Board of Studies. The Committee obtains the raw marks from the Board of Studies, and then compares how people do in one subject to how they do in their others. Lots of complicated calculations later, they arrive at a scaled mark - the raw mark taken up or down. The top ten units of scaled marks (plus 2 units of English) are then used to calculate the UAI.

The mark you get back from the Board of Studies is called your HSC mark, and is the average or your aligned exam mark and your moderated assessment mark (determined using your rank in the class and your class's performance in the exams).

More info can be found here and here.


I_F

 

[jpcg]

Note: The calculation of the UAI does not involve the Aligned HSC marks.

if it doesnt then how come SAM asks for the aligned mark?

 

[insert-username]

if it doesnt then how come SAM asks for the aligned mark?

Because SAM converts an aligned mark into a scaled mark, not a raw mark into a scaled mark.


I_F

 

[jpcg]

Because SAM converts an aligned mark into a scaled mark, not a raw mark into a scaled mark.


I_F

ohh...sorry if its a stupid question but does that mean that SAM uses a different process than UAC?

 

[Lazarus]

Yes.

The official process can't be used because students don't have access to their raw marks (and insufficient statistics are published).

 

[jpcg]

oh i see thanks heaps!