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re: "Board of Studies lashed over HSC" and other stories Because... no-one does know exactly how raw marks become aligned marks? Unless the Board of Studies releases the cutoffs.

re: "Board of Studies lashed over HSC" and other stories I'm hoping for a positive response to the FOI application I sent in last week now... I still don't think raw marks should be handed out by default. The standards-referenced alignment system still has its benefits in that it provides a...

Skim read. It basically looks positive, as far as getting one's own raw HSC marks back goes. Not so good if you're looking for scaling data or anything like that. The critical issue is the Board using the DET/uni exemption in Sch 2, and Raethal only raises the issue of DET using the exemption...

Either one of the Maths Extensions, or English. Although MX1/2 have epic alignment and then scaling, whereas Standard English doesn't...

The trial, as far as BOS is concerned, is just another assessment. There's no special rules regarding assessments after trials - I don't have any myself, but I know a number of classes at my school are doing it.

They are, as you note in your submission, essentially identical to the existing Sch 2 exemptions. It's annoying not having any specific precedent on the HSC cases, the only thing I've found is the Parsonage appeal regarding payment of fees. Has anyone actually had the real issues considered at...

Okay, I've done more research into it, and it seems that the Board used the exception in the FOI Act that exempts documents which could 'reasonably be expected ... to prejudice the effectiveness of any method or procedure for the conduct of tests, examinations or audits by an agency, or to...

UAC only gives you one offer, so if you get your highest preference you are no longer considered for any lower preferences.

Firstly, if you can't get into a law degree at all, but you really want to become a solicitor you could do a Diploma of Law through the Legal Profession Admission Board. That has an entry requirement of 68.90 with a minimum English mark of 60. In response to your questions: 1) If you transfer...

Your trial marks aren't aligned like the HSC marks are, so the marks used by those calculators are often significantly higher than the actual raw mark. So yes, you'd still have a chance.

90 seems to be about right.

They're included in the rankings because every year the number of students that drop out change, so they need to do it to ensure that ATARs remain comparable across years. Also the drop out rates are different in every state, so it has to be done to compare interstate ranks fairly. The reason...

Due to the way the whole 'year 7 cohort' thing works, I think it'll end up being something more like 10-12% of students who get > 92.00. Although I haven't looked at the UAC statistics to check that.

English is really, really annoying. And certain parts of Extension 2 Maths (*cough* conics *cough*) are just plain evil.

Can a mod move this to the Technical Arcana forum? I mis-posted this here.

I wonder if I'd be more successful making a general non-itemised request for all documents and records the Office possesses with regards to any and all examinations, enrolments, etc., and hope they conveniently forget to remove the raw marks? And on the other hand, I think it'd be quite...

I gathered that they used a similar argument last time, but I'm hoping that the Commissioner will set down some guidelines that will exclude that, or at least provide a highly efficient avenue to appeal the decision and actually have it overturned. The only precedent I can find online about raw...

Actually, it gets even better; it's in fact a crime for them to refuse an access application if they know it contravenes the new Act. If their legal advice is that they have to release it, and they don't, then hopefully the threat of an $11,000 fine on every manager and employee involved will...

I don't see anywhere in the FOI Act which prejudices an application explicitly on the grounds of the possibility of it being published; indeed, that's one of the very reasons for having an FOI Act. I guess though that they'd claim the release would prejudice the operations of the agency since...

Hi everyone, Has anyone looked at whether the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 will have any impact on whether we can get raw marks through FOI? I haven't had a chance to read the legislation myself yet, but I'm hoping that it'll be a bit more of a 'Right to Information', like...