Sorry, but no it doesn't work that way. I have spent hours on Wednesday speaking to BOS - the information and how it is reported on both their website and usually how teachers explain it is ambiguous, to say the least.
If you come first AND get the highest external exam mark then they will be equal. The moderated assessment mark cannot be higher than the highest exam mark - they have to be equal - because they use the marks scored by all the class inthe external exam as the assessment marks. You can't get a higher moderated assessment mark because that is the highest exam mark. If your assessment mark sent in by the school is 92, but the highest external exam mark is 96 (and you got that AND were ranked 1st), then both your exam mark and assessment mark will be reported as 96 (your internal mark has nothing to do with the actual calculation of your marks EXCEPT that they use it as the scale in which to moderate those exam marks - you never actually get your school mark - it is used purely as a reporting and aligning tool (for the relative gaps)...
I know this because the person coming second to me's internal mark that was reported to the BOS was 88 (mine was 95) - but the reportable marks for this student were the ones I stated: 95 (because that was their external mark) and 94 - the relative gap between 1st (me) and second (them) closed to 1 mark because of how well the whole class did. There was nowhere for me to move upwards - I received the top mark in the external exam (95) because I was first, but I only got 93 inthe external exam which is the mark you also keep - hence 94. But because the student coming second got 95 external mark but the relative gap had closed to 1 mark, they beat me overall - sucks bit time, but seriously nothing I can do about it...
Also, because the rest of the class was so far behind me, I emailed my notes to them so that we would all do good (you know like the teachers tell you to do - if the whole class does good then everyone does good) - well that is a crock of crap because I was the only one punished because I didn't get the highest external exam mark (but technically was only behind by 2 marks even though the gap was 7-8)...
AND the person coming second to me bagged a state ranking - so IT REALLY SUCKS!!! So everyone else who thinks they have been screwed over by the whole process - GET OVER IT!! I got an ATAR of 98.6 so I am deliriously happy - but I just wanted to make others (especially the kids in Year 11 coming through) of how the whole process really works.
Work hard so that your ranking is high, but really your internal school marks mean shit - if you are ranked first then that is all that matters - but make sure you ace the external exam because that is where all the data comes from...
If you come first AND get the highest external exam mark then they will be equal. The moderated assessment mark cannot be higher than the highest exam mark - they have to be equal - because they use the marks scored by all the class inthe external exam as the assessment marks. You can't get a higher moderated assessment mark because that is the highest exam mark. If your assessment mark sent in by the school is 92, but the highest external exam mark is 96 (and you got that AND were ranked 1st), then both your exam mark and assessment mark will be reported as 96 (your internal mark has nothing to do with the actual calculation of your marks EXCEPT that they use it as the scale in which to moderate those exam marks - you never actually get your school mark - it is used purely as a reporting and aligning tool (for the relative gaps)...
I know this because the person coming second to me's internal mark that was reported to the BOS was 88 (mine was 95) - but the reportable marks for this student were the ones I stated: 95 (because that was their external mark) and 94 - the relative gap between 1st (me) and second (them) closed to 1 mark because of how well the whole class did. There was nowhere for me to move upwards - I received the top mark in the external exam (95) because I was first, but I only got 93 inthe external exam which is the mark you also keep - hence 94. But because the student coming second got 95 external mark but the relative gap had closed to 1 mark, they beat me overall - sucks bit time, but seriously nothing I can do about it...
Also, because the rest of the class was so far behind me, I emailed my notes to them so that we would all do good (you know like the teachers tell you to do - if the whole class does good then everyone does good) - well that is a crock of crap because I was the only one punished because I didn't get the highest external exam mark (but technically was only behind by 2 marks even though the gap was 7-8)...
AND the person coming second to me bagged a state ranking - so IT REALLY SUCKS!!! So everyone else who thinks they have been screwed over by the whole process - GET OVER IT!! I got an ATAR of 98.6 so I am deliriously happy - but I just wanted to make others (especially the kids in Year 11 coming through) of how the whole process really works.
Work hard so that your ranking is high, but really your internal school marks mean shit - if you are ranked first then that is all that matters - but make sure you ace the external exam because that is where all the data comes from...
Last edited:
