What is NCEA?
National Certificate of Educational Achievement – NCEA
NCEA can be gained at 3 levels
•Level 1
•Level 2
•Level 3
Each of these usually takes one year, but some students
may need longer, ie 18 months – 2 years.
This Framework is administered by the NZ
Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
NCEA continued……
For the assessment of NCEA, subjects are
broken into standards, for example Y11
Economics has six Achievement Standards.
Each standard is worth a number of credits.
Students are awarded the standard at Not
Achieved, Achievement, Merit or Excellence.
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Level 1 – 80 credits
These must include10 Literacy credits and 10 Numeracy credits
Level 2 – 80 credits, can use 20 from Level 1
Must have met Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements
Level 3 – 80 credits, can use 20 from Level 2
Must have met Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy requirements
University Entrance (UE) – Level 3 NCEA including 14 credits
at Level 3 in 3 approved subjects
Must have 10 Literacy credits (5 reading, 5 writing) at Level 2
or above
Must have 10 Numeracy credits at Level 1or above
External standards
- we teach the content
- practice assessments in school
- assessed at end of year in the exams
Some students have externals where the work is
completed at the school and sent away for marking
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Internal standards
- we teach the content
- assessed by a teacher in our school
- % check marked by another teacher
- % chosen for external moderation by NZQA
ie NCEA Level One with Merit
Intended to encourage and reward high quality
work.
Merit Certificate at Level 1–3 needs 50 credits
at Merit or Excellence.
Excellence Certificate at Level 1-3 needs 50
credits at Excellence.
ie Level 1 English with Excellence
Level 1 Maths with Merit
Requires 14 credits at Merit or Excellence level,
which must be gained in a single school year.
At least 3 of these credits need to be from
externally assessed standards and 3 credits
from internally assessed standards. This does
not apply to Physical Education, or Level 3
Visual Arts.
LEVEL ONE – YEAR 11
English, Maths, Science and two other subjects
Option
booklet
Option evening Term 4 Week 2
Options meeting with Dean and student Term 4
Meeting with Dean, student and parents/
caregivers at start of 2015
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Students in Year 10 may start working on
some Achievement Standards in some
subjects this term.
Social Studies, English, Maths, and Science
As these are actual NCEA assessments then
school assessment procedures apply.
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Senior Student Handbook
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Missed assessment
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Assessments not handed in on time
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Appeal process
NCEA Information
Senior Student Handbook
Information booklet from NZQA
NZQA website
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www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea
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www.tki.org.nz
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http://www.studyit.org.nz/
NZQA Website
NCEA, standards, exams, examiners reports
Ministry of Education Website
Internal assessment tasks
Studyit for Mathematics, English and Science
subjects