If you are ranked first in a subject does that mean if someone does better in... (1 Viewer)

[talia_rose_manuel]

HSC you get their mark?

I'm so confused


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[throwaway444]

Your assessment mark will be the highest examination (hsc exam) mark. You keep the examination mark that you get yourself.

 

[crowley926]

To calculate your ATAR they use your Assessment Mark (which is from the school) and your Exam Mark.

However, when the school sends in your assessment marks to BOS, whatever number they've given doesn't actually matter. They only take the ranks (and the gaps between them) and use the exam marks to determine what the assessment marks should be.

So when your cohort does the HSC and you're ranked 1st for a particular subject, if someone beats you in that exam - then you take their exam mark as your assessment mark but you keep your own exam mark as your actual exam mark.

e.g. You're ranked 1st for English Advanced. You get 80 in the exam. Person B beats you, gets 90 and comes 1st in your cohort for this exam. Since you are ranked first, you will take this 90 as your assessment mark. Person B gets a mark after the proportional distribution of the remaining marks based on their rank (and the gaps) . Your exam mark will, however, remain at 80.

 

[Katsumi]

HSC you get their mark?

I'm so confused


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If someone does better in the HSC than you, you get their exam mark.

Your assessment mark is always yours.

 

[dan964]

If someone does better in the HSC than you, you get their exam mark.

Your assessment mark is always yours.

other way around kind of, you get their exam mark as your school/assessment mark; your external mark from the HSC exam itself that you get is yours always.

 

[dan964]

To calculate your ATAR they use your Assessment Mark (which is from the school) and your Exam Mark.

However, when the school sends in your assessment marks to BOS, whatever number they've given doesn't actually matter. They only take the ranks (and the gaps between them) and use the exam marks to determine what the assessment marks should be.

So when your cohort does the HSC and you're ranked 1st for a particular subject, if someone beats you in that exam - then you take their exam mark as your assessment mark but you keep your own exam mark as your actual exam mark.

e.g. You're ranked 1st for English Advanced. You get 80 in the exam. Person B beats you, gets 90 and comes 1st in your cohort for this exam. Since you are ranked first, you will take this 90 as your assessment mark. Person B gets a mark after the proportional distribution of the remaining marks based on their rank (and the gaps) . Your exam mark will, however, remain at 80.

Not only that they distribute marks
so that sum of exam marks is the sum of assessment marks. Each rank between first and last is determined from a curve I guess.