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NCEA NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

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NCEANATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

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NCEA• NCEA Level One replaced School

Certificate• NCEA Level Two replaced Sixth Form

Certificate• NCEA Level Three replaced Bursary

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ACHIEVEMENT BASED ASSESSMENT

• NCEA focuses on what students can do rather than comparing them to other students.

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CREDITS

• Credits are a way of showing the value of an assessment.

• An assessment may be worth 2, 3,4, 5, 6 or even 12 credits depending on how much work is involved and how much is being assessed.

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ASSESSMENT• Assessment may be INTERNAL• Set and assessed by teachers

within the school. OR• EXTERNAL• Set and assessed by NZQA

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Types of Standards• Achievement Standards

• Unit Standards

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ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS• ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS are assessments

which may be INTERNAL or EXTERNAL and which allow students to gain EXCELLENCE, MERIT or ACHIEVEMENT grades.

• Generally the traditionally academic courses will offer mainly Achievement Standards.

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UNIT STANDARDS• UNIT STANDARDS are assessments which are

INTERNAL only.• Achievement is usually measured with Achieved

and Not Achieved only. • Unit standards are used mainly for employment

based subjects

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LEVEL ONE• Replaced School Certificate• Level 6 on the New Zealand Curriculum.• Is gained by achieving 80 credits at level one or

higher including• A numeracy requirement• A literacy requirement

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Literacy Requirements• 10 Credits are required.• There are two ways of gaining these.• 10 credits from a range of Achievement

Standards across many subjects.• 10 special Literacy credits at a level lower than

NCEA Level One.

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Numeracy Requirements• 10 Credits are required.• There are two ways of gaining these.• 10 credits from a range of Achievement

Standards across some subjects.• 10 special Numeracy credits at a level lower

than NCEA Level One.

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LEVEL TWO• Replaced 6th form certificate• Level 7 on the New Zealand Curriculum.• 80 CREDITS including• 60 at level two or higher• 20 at level one or higher

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LEVEL THREE• Replaced Bursary • Level 8 on the New Zealand Curriculum.• Requires:• 60 Credits at level 3 or higher.• And 20 credits at level 2 or higher.

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CREDITS ARE NEVER USED UP

LEVEL ONE

LEVEL TWO L EVEL THREE80 Level

One

Credits

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ENTRANCE TO UNIVERSITY• 42 credits at LEVEL 3

14 from one Approvedsubject

14 from one Approvedsubject

14 from Another

Approvedsubject

+ +

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Individual University Requirements

• NZQA has been reviewing these requirements and changes will be introduced.

• Many universities have differing requirements.

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UNIVERSITY LITERACY AND NUMERACY

• 14 Credits in Numeracy at Level One or higher.• 4 Credits in Reading at Level Two or higher from

a list of specified standards.• 4 Credits in Writing at Level Two or higher from

a list of specified standards.• There are changes to this for next year.

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ENDORSEMENT

• Level One ,Two, and Three certificates can all be gained with either Merit or Excellence

• To gain with Merit at least 50 credits at the appropriate level must be Merit

• To gain with Excellence at least 50 credits at the appropriate level must be Excellence

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COURSE ENDORSEMENT

• Students are able to have individual courses endorsed with Merit or Excellence

• To gain a subject with Merit or Excellence a student must gain 14 credits at the level ( or higher).

• At least 3 of the credits must be Internal and at least 3 must be External

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SCHOLARSHIP

• External only.• Students interested in this should talk with their

subject teacher first.• Awards are made to students who pass

individual subjects and who pass in three subjects.

• There is a list of scholarship subjects.

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MODERATION

• Schools submit assessed materials to national moderators who check to see that the standard remains the same across the country.

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INTERNAL MODERATION

• Classes within schools moderate the assessments to make sure it is fair across the classes. This may be by having one or two teachers mark the whole assessment, by check-marking or by assessing together.

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FEES

• $76.70 at each level (last year’s figures- to be confirmed this year).

• Includes three scholarship subjects• Financial Assistance is available for

beneficiaries, community service card holders and families with more than one child enrolling for qualifications.

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LEAVE

• If students are absent from internal assessments they need either a medical certificate or a note from home (in cases of bereavement etc.) In most cases further assessment opportunities will be available. Sometimes the student will have missed out.

• Other absences, e.g. school trips, require a leave form to be completed in advance.

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FURTHER ASSESSMENTOPPORTUNITIES

• We endeavour to provide a further assessment opportunity for most standards.

• In some cases this may not be feasible.

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Re submission and Further Assessment Opportunities

• Students may have only one resubmission and one further assessment opportunity.

• This means it is important they get it right first time.

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Curriculum 5 and Above

• Year 10 students are given the opportunity to demonstrate achievement in some unit standards and achievement standards.

• If they are a Year 10 student they will not be awarded until Year 11.

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Parent Portal

• As parents and caregivers, you are able to access online, some information held by the school concerning your child

• Type of information• Attendance, Discipline, Results, Fees,

Timetable, Notices and Calendar

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QUESTIONS?

• WWW.nzqa.govt.nz