NCEA Information Evening WELCOME EVERYONE 3 18 2018 NCEA

NCEA Information Evening WELCOME EVERYONE 3/18/2018

NCEA Information Evening Four parts to the evening: 1. NCEA unit and achievement standards 2. NCEA Level 1, 2, 3 and University Entrance (UE) 3. Results & links 4. Progression and prerequisites 3/18/2018

How does NCEA work? n n n NCEA is achievement based When students achieve these standards they can earn credits towards their NCEA qualification Students gain credits in a standard with Achieved, Merit or Excellence 3/18/2018

What are Standards? n n n Standards describe the skills and knowledge a student must attain for assessment purposes. Standards include a range of difficulty in skill. The requirements for Excellence are more academically demanding. Standards are either internally or externally assessed. 3/18/2018

Standards n There are two types of standards used to assess programmes taught at school Achievement standards (AS) and n Unit standards (US) n n Both AS and US earn credits which contribute towards NCEA 3/18/2018

Standards and Credits • • • Each subject offers between 3 and 8 standards Each standard is worth a number of credits (usually between 2 and 12) The number of credits reflects the amount of time it takes to teach that standard 3/18/2018

Internal Assessments • • • These are either completed in class or at home. If done at home, there will be progress checks and an authenticity statement must be signed. Students must be in class when an internal assessment is scheduled 3/18/2018

Extensions for Internal Assessments The following are examples of acceptable reasons for an reasons which may not be extension: approved: School trips National representation Medical Bereavement 3/18/2018 Leave from school for personal reasons such as trips overseas Failure of the student to manage their workload and meet deadlines

For a student to be awarded NCEA Level 1, they must achieve: n 80 credits 10 credits must be from standards classified as literacy standards. (Many standards are in this category. ) n 10 credits from standards classified as numeracy standards. (Very few standards outside of Mathematics count towards numeracy. ) n 3/18/2018

For a student to be awarded NCEA Level 2, they must achieve: n 80 credits: n n 60 must be at Level 2 or above Literacy Level 2: 5 literacy credits in reading from specified standards n 5 literacy credits in writing from specified standards n 3/18/2018

For a student to be awarded NCEA Level 3, they must achieve: n 80 credits: 60 must be at Level 3 or above n 20 may be from Level 2 standards n 3/18/2018

NCEA Course Endorsement n n Year 11, 12 and 13 courses may be endorsed with Merit or Excellence if students meet the required standard. For instance, a student may get: Mathematics with Merit, or Economics with Excellence 3/18/2018

NCEA Course Endorsement n n To be eligible for a Merit endorsement a student must have 14 credits at Merit or higher in his or her course. To be eligible for a Excellence endorsement the rules are the same but the credits must be at Excellence. At least three of these credits must be internally assessed and at least three must be externally assessed. In Physical Education and Level 3 Visual Arts all fourteen credits may be internally assessed. 3/18/2018

NCEA Certificate Endorsement • • A student’s overall NCEA qualification will also have an endorsement if he or she achieves 50 credits at Merit or Excellence. For instance, if he or she gets 50 credits at Merit or higher at Level 1, the certificate received will be NCEA Level 1 with Merit. 3/18/2018

University Entrance To gain University Entrance students must have: NCEA Level 3 n Numeracy (10 credits at Level 1) n Literacy (5 specified reading credits and 5 specified writing credits from Level 2) n Three university approved subjects at Level 3 with at least 14 credits in each n 3/18/2018

Acceptance into University n n n University Entrance allows students to apply for a university degree course In addition, many universities require “points” for entry into a specific course Points are accrued from approved subjects with: n 2 points for each Achieved credit n 3 points for each Merit credit n 4 points for each Excellence credit Only the best 80 credits are counted Points required vary from 140 -270 3/18/2018

Appeal of External Assessment Results Reviews: § Students may request a review of external assessment material if they consider a processing error has been made Reconsiderations: § Students may apply for reconsideration of a standard if they believe that their work has not been assessed correctly and they wish to have it re -marked § A $20. 00 fee applies per standard. This will be refunded if the reconsideration is successful 3/18/2018

NCEA Results n n Students are able to log on to the NZQA website and view their internally assessed results throughout the year. Students can also check the external standards for which they are entered. In January NZQA releases electronic results to students for the past year’s internal and external assessments. n A printed result notice will only be posted if requested via the NZQA website prior to 1 December n 3/18/2018

Record of Learning (ROL) n n n A ROL lists all the standards a student has achieved, along with levels, credits and dates. All students in Year 13 receive a Record of Learning on completion of their schooling. Other students may apply for a ROL but a fee of $15. 00 applies. 3/18/2018

NZQA Fees n n There is an annual fee of $76. 70 for NZ students ($383. 20 international students). This covers all administration costs for each student’s NCEA assessment. This includes external exams, internal assessment moderation and reporting results. This fee is the same regardless of the number of courses or credits entered. n Entry for a scholarship exam costs an extra $30 per subject. n 3/18/2018

Online Links n n n All NCEA standards can be viewed at www. nzqa. govt. nz/ncea Examples of internal assessments can be viewed at www. tki. org. nz Past external exam papers can be found on the NZQA website by searching for each standard 3/18/2018

Moving from one year to the next • • • If a student does not complete NCEA Level 1 at the end of Year 11, he or she still becomes a Year 12 student the following year. He or she will be part of a Year 12 form class but is likely to be studying a mixture of Level 1 and Level 2 subjects. The same applies for students moving from Year 12 to Year 13 3/18/2018

Prerequisites for NCEA Level 2 or 3 • Students must meet prerequisites before studying a subject at NCEA Level 2 or 3. • Usually a student will be required to gain 12 to 14 credits in a subject before continuing on to a higher level. • Prerequisites are advised in the Senior School Pathways document. 3/18/2018

NCEA Information Evening Thank you for attending The next presentation is on the Pathways Booklet and Options Selection 3/18/2018