Student Qualification Guide
2015
Assistant Principal
(Teaching & Learning)
Mrs Delaney
Principal’s Nominee
Mrs Delaney
NZQA Data Manager
Mrs Marks
(Admin Office)
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 3
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................. 3
UNIT STANDARDS (US) AND ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS (AS) ............................................................................ 3
NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT (NCEA) ......................................................................... 4
LITERACY/NUMERACY .......................................................................................................................................... 4
ENDORSEMENT OF CERTIFICATES: ....................................................................................................................... 4
COURSE ENDORSEMENT: ..................................................................................................................................... 4
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE: ....................................................................................................................................... 4
SCHOLARSHIP: ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
NATIONAL CERTIFICATES ...................................................................................................................................... 5
NON-AWARD OF A QUALIFICATION ..................................................................................................................... 6
COURSE CHANGES AND LATE COMMENCEMENT ................................................................................................ 6
WITHDRAWAL FROM COURSES ............................................................................................................................ 7
NON-ACHIEVEMENT OF STANDARDS ..................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
MISCONDUCT ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
AUTHENTICITY ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
MODERATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
DERIVED GRADE FOR ILLNESS OR MISADVENTURE .............................................................................................. 8
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS ....................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
APPEALS ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
FURTHER ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................................................. 9
EXTENSIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
LATE WORK ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
ABSENCE ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
HOMEWORK ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
RETURN OF INTERNALLY ASSESSED WORK ........................................................................................................ 10
RESULTS AND RECORDS...................................................................................................................................... 10
FEES .................................................................................................................................................................... 11
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS 2015 .............................................................................................................. 12
APPEAL COVER SHEET ........................................................................................................................................ 13
APPROVED SUBJECTS FOR ENTRANCE TO UNIVERSTIY (AS AT 12.03.13) ........................................................... 14
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INTRODUCTION
This guide contains important information for students studying for Level 1, 2, 3 NCEA. It explains the regulations and
procedures covering these senior school qualifications.
The procedures outlined in this document are school wide. Individual subject areas may also have subject specific procedures
relating to aspects such as the storage and authentication of work. It is important that you check with your subject teachers to
become familiar with these as well.
The overall aim is to ensure that all school assessments are valid and fair, and carried out in accordance with national
regulations and standards. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is the body that has legal responsibility for
administering all national qualifications including senior secondary school qualifications.
The following people can help you if you need more information about the qualifications you are studying for:
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Your subject teacher
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The Careers advisor (Mrs Jelicich) -
Your Whanau teacher
The Assistant Principal – Teaching & Learning
Principal's Nominee (Mrs Delaney)
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Internal assessment means that your subject teacher sets and marks the assessments for that subject. The standards are
monitored by the school and a national moderation system.
External assessment means that the grade given is determined by a national external assessor. Examinations are set and
graded by people outside the school.
Many courses have both internally and externally assessed components, as well as activities that are internally assessed and
then externally moderated (verified) for national comparability purposes.
UNIT STANDARDS (US) AND ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS (AS)
Achievement standards allow students to achieve, achieve with merit or achieve with excellence.
Unit standards differ in that only grades achieved and not-achieved are available (there are some
exceptions-ask your teacher). Every element in a unit standard must be achieved before the
standard has been successfully completed. Credits in unit standards have the same value as
those of achievement standards for the purposes of NCEA. All unit standards are internally
assessed while achievements standards can be either internally or externally assessed.
Grades – There are four basic grades awarded to students for every achievement standards – N
(Not Achieved), A (Achieved), M (Achieved with Merit), E (Achieved with Excellence). For unit
standards two grades are awarded – N (Not Achieved), A (Achieved).
Further assessment opportunities may be offered – a second task (reassessment) or a
resubmission which gives you the opportunity to improve your original grade.
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NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT (NCEA)
NCEA consists of internal, external and combined assessment procedures. Assessment will occur
throughout the year. You will need to ask your subject teachers for how this will operate within
the subject you are studying.
Level 1 - 80 credits are required to achieve NCEA at Level 1. Of these 80 credits, 10 must be in
Mathematics (Numeracy) and 10 must be in either English or Te Reo Maori (Literacy). (Your
teacher will explain this in detail). Check the Course Handbook on the school intranet/website
Level 2 – Requires 80 credits of which at least 60 must be at Level 2 or above.
Level 3 – Requires 80 credits of which at least 60 must be at Level 3 and 20 from Level 2 or above.
LITERACY/NUMERACY
Reporting achievement of the Literacy and Numeracy requirement
The NCEA/NZQA reports showing that students have achieved their literacy and their numeracy
requirement will indicate how they were achieved, that is through achievement standards at level
6 of the curriculum or through the purpose-built literacy and numeracy unit standards.
On the School Credit Summary and the Results Notice a statement will say either:
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‘Literacy requirement met by achievement standards’; or
‘Literacy requirement met by unit standards’; or
‘Numeracy requirement met by achievement standards’; or
‘Numeracy requirement met by unit standards’.
ENDORSEMENT OF CERTIFICATES: Students will be able to gain NCEA certificates with
merit or excellence. For the certificate to be endorsed with Merit, 50 credits at Merit or
Excellence will be required. For the certificate to be endorsed with Excellence, 50 credits at
Excellence will be required. Credits for endorsement can be at the level of the endorsement or
higher, e.g. Merit credits gained at Level 2 can be counted towards Level 1 Merit endorsement.
COURSE ENDORSEMENT: Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single
school year, they achieve:14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and at least 3 of these credits
from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards.
Note: this does not apply to Physical Education, Religious Studies and Level 3 Visual Arts.
A course endorsement is not a qualification. A course endorsement can be gained independently
of a qualification, e.g. a student may achieve a Merit endorsement for their Level 2 mathematics
course regardless of whether they achieve NCEA Level 2.
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE: Requires that 14 credits are achieved in at least three approved
subject areas at Level 3 with two of these subjects being from an approved list. Students must
also have 10 credits in Standards that offer Literacy credits Level 2 or higher and 10 credits in
Mathematics at Level 1 or higher. See Course Handbook. And www.nzqa/University Entrance/ for
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approved subjects and standards as well as standards that offer literacy credits.
www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications/awards/university-entrance/ approved subjects…
SCHOLARSHIP: Scholarship is a monetary award to recognise top students. It does not attract
credits nor contribute towards a qualification but the fact that a student has gained a Scholarship
appears on the Record of Achievement.
The Scholarship exams enable students to be assessed against challenging standards, and are
demanding for the most able students in each subject. Scholarship students are expected to
demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalization, and to integrate,
synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations.
International fee-paying candidates who are successful in New Zealand Scholarship and who
meet all other criteria, will also be eligible to receive monetary awards.
NATIONAL CERTIFICATES
National Certificates are available in many subjects, such as in Agriculture, Computing,
Electronics/Electrical, Hospitality, Pathways, Retailing, and Tourism. Individual subject areas
provide details of these.
WHAT ARE THE VOCATIONAL PATHWAYS AWARDS?
The Vocational Pathways provide new ways to achieve NCEA Level 2 – the foundation for success
in further education and the world of work. The pathways help students see how their learning
and achievement is valued in the ‘real world’ by aligning the NCEA Level 2 Assessment Standards
including specific ‘sector-related’ standards with six
industries:
Primary Industries, Services Industries, Social &
Community Services, Manufacturing & Technology,
Construction & Infrastructure, Creative Industries
These six pathways represent ways to structure
and achieve NCEA Level 2 by providing a more
coherent framework for foundational vocational
education; students can develop their own
individual education plans, are better informed and
able to make better choices to meet their goals.
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Start of the year
At the beginning of the course your subject teacher should provide a course outline which
includes:
 A summary of the topics covered during the year;
 Assessment values and when these will occur;
 Standard details including title, code number, version number, level, type of assessment,
due dates, and credit value;
 Further assessment opportunities and conditions.
This information is critical and should be stored in a safe place. You should refer to this when
managing your time, monitoring your progress, and checking that you are entered for the correct
standards with NZQA. This information is also available electronically on the intranet and school
website.
Throughout the year your subject teacher should provide:
 Advance warning for the exact dates of tests and other assessment deadlines;
 Information about assessment criteria (exactly what each requires to achieve at each of
the levels possible in the course);
 Access to exemplars of good assessments;
 Prompt return of marked work (normally within two weeks of the date of assessment).
You should immediately check that there are no errors and query any grades you think are
unfair. If necessary you can appeal against the grade you have received.- see sheet in
Appendices.
 Regular feedback on your progress, particularly if you are in danger of not completing the
course;
 Access to all information and records about YOUR assessments (the Privacy Act prevents
unauthorised disclosure of marks or grades, so your records are confidential and may not
be revealed to another student).
TO GAIN A QUALIFICATION
YOU WILL NEED TO:
 DO NOT JUST GIVE UP.
 Talk to your subject teacher FIRST if you are concerned about not completing a course.
 If you are having trouble coping with the workload (e.g., several assignments due in the
same week), TALK to your subject teacher(s) BEFORE the due date.
COURSE CHANGES AND LATE COMMENCEMENT
All Year 12 and 13 students must have their course approved by the Year Level Dean or Assistant
Principal – Teaching & Learning, in consultation with the relevant Faculty Leaders.
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If students want to change their course at any time, they need to consult their Year Level Dean. If
the changes mean students have missed a significant amount of work they will be given the
option of catching up on work and assessments, or of being withdrawn from the standard(s)
missed.
WITHDRAWAL FROM COURSES
No unauthorised withdrawal from a course is allowed. The Assistant Principal – Teaching &
Learning and/or the Year Level Dean will deal with exceptional cases. You must continue to
attend and complete set work in all your timetabled classes, up to senior prizegiving/release for
examination leave, even if you choose NOT to complete your qualification entry and pay fees.
AVOIDING ASSESSMENT
If you do not attempt/attend an assessment, the result is N=Not achieved.
This also applies to cheating and or plagiarism. There will not be any further assessment
opportunity.
Where a student has presented work or evidence for assessment, or has been given adequate
opportunity to achieve the standard, the outcome must be reported to NZQA as an N, A, M or E.
They cannot be withdrawn for this reason. Parents/caregivers should be consulted in both
situations.
MISCONDUCT
Misconduct in formal assessment activities may result in a not-achieved grade for that standard.
It is important that you follow all instructions from staff during these assessment opportunities
and refrain from disturbing or communicating with any other student during the assessment.
During any formal assessment students may not communicate with the examiner or use
inappropriate language.
AUTHENTICITY
Many subjects will have assignment/research work that is completed outside class supervision. If
there is doubt over the authenticity of a student’s work the subject teacher will begin an
investigation that may include:
 An interview regarding your understanding of the material.
 Viewing of rough notes or drafts (all such items should be kept safe until the final mark is
verified).
 Requiring all sources of information to be open and acknowledged.
 Recording your live performances.
 Monitoring and checking work in progress.
If the subject teacher, Faculty Leader and Assistant Principal – Teaching & Learning are not
satisfied that your work is original you may receive a Not Achieved grade.
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This may occur if you:
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Copy another student’s work.
Allow your work to be copied.
Copy (without acknowledgement) from published sources including the Internet.
Allow other people to complete your work.
Cheat in any other manner.
Students have the right to appeal any assessment decision including misconduct and authenticity
issues.
MODERATION
Moderation refers to the system that is used for checking that marks or grades are being awarded
consistently and at the appropriate level for the course. Moderation ensures that the results
achieved at one school are equal to those achieved at another. For courses that are fully or
partially internally assessed, NZQA operates systems of external moderation to check that
teachers are using appropriate assessments and applying prescribed standards correctly.
DERIVED GRADE FOR ILLNESS OR MISADVENTURE
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/providers-partners/assessment-and-moderation/managing-nationalassessment-in-schools/derived-grade/
The following conditions are not normally considered grounds for compassionate consideration:
 Long-term conditions (e.g. physical disability, epilepsy).
 Chronic relapsing conditions (e.g. glandular fever, ME).
 On-going personal trauma.
External examinations only-your school “practice” exams grades apply
Full details are available on the NZQA website.
APPEALS
If you wish to appeal a grade for internally assessed courses you need to:
 Approach your teacher first for an explanation of your grade;
 Lodge your appeal with the Assistant Principal - Teaching & Learning within FIVE school
days of receiving your grade;
 Submit in writing the reasons for your appeal on the form available from the Assistant
Principal - Teaching & Learning, using the official form at the back of this booklet.
Your work will then be re-marked by the Faculty Leader/HOD and teacher concerned.
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FURTHER ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For internally assessed standards the subject teacher and/or HOD may provide further
assessment opportunities if and when appropriate and/or practicable. You will need to check
with your subject teacher to see how this will affect the course you are studying.
EXTENSIONS
Extensions cannot be granted for externally assessed standards.
Extensions can only be granted in the case of internally assessed activities. These are entirely at
the discretion of the Assistant Principal - Teaching & Learning who will determine whether or not
an extension is warranted. The reasons for granted extensions will be kept by the subject
teacher. If you are experiencing problems due to circumstances beyond your control you should
speak to the Assistant Principal - Teaching & Learning to:
 Apply for an extension at least 24 hours before the assignment is due, (where
circumstances are beyond the student’s control a variation of this 24 hour rule will be
considered); and
 Provide a written reason outlining why you need an extension and support this with
medical or other documentary evidence.
If an extension is granted (by no means automatic) you must complete the work by the agreed
date.
LATE WORK
Late work will result in a Not Achieved result.
Students may be provided with an opportunity for further assessment opportunity. This is by no
means guaranteed and is dependent on the specific policies and procedures of the subject. All
work handed in counts towards course requirements, up until the last assessment day.
ABSENCE
The key word in regard to your absence from senior courses is COMMUNICATION. Your subject
teacher needs to know why you are absent and how you intend to make up for any work or
assessments missed. Detailed guidelines covering different kinds of absence follow.
Absence due to accident, illness or bereavement:
With adequate explanation, such absence would not normally result in a student being
disadvantaged.
Where a student is ill on the day of a test or the day an assignment is due the student or guardian
should contact the school office to leave a message for the teacher concerned. If possible get
someone to hand in an assignment to the school office. An “explained absence” is recorded in
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Kamar. A satisfactory written explanation is required on return to the school. A medical
certificate may be required.
Longer-term absence through illness or accident: Any action must be fair to the student involved
and other students taking the standard. The course of action will be determined by Assistant
Principal - Teaching & Learning based on the information provided by the student and the
teacher/Faculty Leader/HOD.
Absence due to attendance at a school activity
It is your responsibility to inform your subject teacher in advance about such absences, and apply
for an extension to make up for work and assessments missed.
Willful Absence (Truancy)
This means you are absent from school without adequate reason. If you have not generated
sufficient evidence to meet the assessment criteria and no further assessment opportunities are
available you will receive a grade of Not Achieved.
HOMEWORK
To achieve at a high level in senior course students are expected to complete at least two hours
of homework per subject per week. Homework activities may include:
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Reading and researching topics covered in class
Completion of work started in class
Completion of assignments
Practising techniques or learning content covered in class
Catching up on work missed through absence
Specific activities set by the subject teacher.
RETURN OF INTERNALLY ASSESSED WORK
Your assessed work is retained by your teacher for internal and external moderation purposes.
Should you wish to keep a copy, then your teacher will be able to photocopy your work. Some
work is retained as an electronic copy eg photos of art work, recorded speeches, dance works,
etc.
RESULTS AND RECORDS
You are responsible for recording your results in the student diary and on the course outline
given to you at the beginning of the course.
You will be responsible for verifying the accuracy of your results before the final internal results
are sent to NZQA. You can access your result records on the NZQA website at any stage once you
have a National Student Number (NSN).
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No student but you has access to information and records about YOUR assessments (the Privacy
Act prevents unauthorised disclosure of marks or grades, so your records are confidential and
may not be revealed to another student). You are entitled to view your records at any time and
you should regularly discuss your progress with your teacher to have a good understanding of
where you stand in terms of your expected final grade.
For all senior course components your whanau teacher can access a complete record of your
achievement including NCEA student progress and results sheets.
FEES
Our school has a late fee of $25 for payments after the notified final payment date accepted at
school.
The school collects fees on behalf of NZQA for students and these may be paid to the school
office from the start of the school year up until the end of week 1, Term 3. After that date the
fees must be sent directly to NZQA, PO Box 160, Wellington 6140.
A late fee of $50 will be added to entries received in Wellington after the notified deadline.
The fee schedule for achievement standards and unit standards in 2011 is:
$76.70 for NZ citizens
Financial Assistance is available for NZQA fees.
If you wish to apply for Financial Assistance with NZQA fees, an application form is available from
the school office, from mid-March. It must be returned to school by the notified deadline (usually
by the end of Term 3).
For information and questions relating to qualifications (results, fees, Record of Learning, etc.)
see Mrs Delaney, Assistant Principal.
THIS BOOKLET IS ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE KAMO HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE
www.kamohigh.school.nz
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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS 2015
Subject
Standard
Number
Short Title
Credits
Result
Date
Teacher
Initial
Running
Total
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KAMO HIGH SCHOOL
APPEAL COVER SHEET
(Internal achievement and unit standards)
Use this form when appealing a moderation decision for an internal unit standard or an
internal achievement standard.
Student Name:
Subject/Moderation System:
Standard No:
Version:
Level:
Date:
Reasons for appealing the moderation decision:
Please detail reasons below (attach a separate sheet if necessary).
Attach:
 The assessment materials provided to you
 Completed assessment work
 Assessment results
 Other material to support your application
N.B. An appeal MUST be lodged with the Assistant Principal- Teaching and Learning within
FIVE days of receiving your grade.
Signed by:
Student:
Date:
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APPROVED SUBJECTS FOR ENTRANCE TO UNIVERSTIY (AS AT 12.03.13)
Approved Subject
Field/Subfield/Domain/Standards
Accounting
91404, 91405, 91406, 91407, 91408, 91409
Agriculture & Horticulture
91528,91529,91530,91531, 91532
Biology
91610, 91602, 91603, 91604, 91605, 91606, 91607
Business Studies
91379, 91380, 91381, 91382, 91383, 91384, 91385
Calculus
91573, 91574, 91575, 91576, 91577, 91578, 91579, 91587
Chemistry
91387, 91388, 91389, 91390, 91391, 91392, 91393
Classical Studies
91394, 91395, 91396, 91397, 91398
Computing
NOT APPLICABLE- expired end 2013
Construction and Mechanical Technologies
91620-91644 and 91608-91619
Dance
91588, 91589, 91590, 91591, 9159, 91593, 91594, 91595
Design (Practical Art)
91440, 91445, 91450, 91455, 91460
Design and Visual Communication
91627, 91628, 91629, 91630, 91631 and 9162-91626 and 9163291642 and 91643, 91644 and 91608-91619
Digital Technologies
91632-91642 and 91627-91631 and 91620-91626 and 91643,
91644 and 91608-91619
Drama
91512-91520
Earth and Space Science
91410-91415
Economics
91399-91403
English
91472-91480
French
91543-91547
Geography
91426-91433
German
91548-91522
Graphics
Expired end of 2013
Health Education
91461-91465
History
91434-91439
History of Art
91482-91489
Home Economics
91466-91471
Japanese
91533-91557
Mathematics with Calculus
Expired 2013
Statistics and Modelling
Expired 2013
Mathematics
91573-91579, 91587 and 91580-91586
Media Studies
91490-91497
Music Studies
91416-91425
Painting (Practical Art)
91441, 91446, 91451, 91456
Photography (Practical Art)
91442, 91447, 91452, 91457 and 91460
Physical Education
91498-91505
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Physics
91521-91527
Printmaking (Practical Art)
51443, 91448, 91453, 91458 and 91460
Processing Technologies
91643, 91644 and 91632-91642 and 91627-91631 and 9162091626 and 91608-91819
Science
91601-91607 and 91387-91393 and 91410-91415 and 9152191527
Sculpture (Practical Art)
91444, 91449, 91454, 91459 and 91460
Spanish
91568-91572
Social Studies
91596-91600
Statistics
91580-91586
Technology
91608-91619 and 91643,91644 and 91632-91642 and 9162791631 and 91620-91626
Te Reo Māori
91650-91654
Te Reo Rangatira
90536, 90785-90791
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