English Advanced allignment / scaling? (1 Viewer)

[carrotsss]

wait what? whats the point of aligned marks if they’re not used?

they’re the ones you receive from NESA when hsc results come out, the main idea is to standardise hsc results between years, so a band 6 in English advanced in one year is more or less the same as a band 6 in another year irrespective of how hard the paper is, and represents a mark where they think you’ve fulfilled the band criteria

 

[jonolad69]

i think 82 will be a b6 at best

i cant see 78/79/80 ever being a b6 in english advanced ever

 

[jonolad69]

they’re the ones you receive from NESA when hsc results come out, the main idea is to standardise hsc results between years, so a band 6 in English advanced in one year is more or less the same as a band 6 in another year irrespective of how hard the paper is, and represents a mark where they think you’ve fulfilled the band criteria

wait so if alignment is better this year, will that mean the atar contribution for each mark will improve or be worse?

 

[katiekms]

they’re the ones you receive from NESA when hsc results come out, the main idea is to standardise hsc results between years, so a band 6 in English advanced in one year is more or less the same as a band 6 in another year irrespective of how hard the paper is, and represents a mark where they think you’ve fulfilled the band criteria

oh, but then wouldn’t it make sense to use aligned marks bc doesn’t that mean some years would be easier to get a higher atar? or am i confused. (i know like nothing about this)