2011 Scaling Report
VCAA provides VTAC with study scores (relative positions). These study scores are scaled in order to calculate scaled aggregates and
Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATARs). Candidates are in the 2011 scaling population if, excluding small studies, they have
obtained at least one VCAA study score in 2011, at least four in total, at least one in an English study [English, English (SL), English
Language or Literature], but do not already have an ATAR. The scaling population is therefore a subset of the entire population. The
means and standard deviations below pertain to the scaling population in 2011.
The following table gives the 2011 scaled means and standard deviations as well as the ATAR subject scores (rounded to the nearest
integer) corresponding to the VCAA study scores of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50. The formal aggregation process uses ATAR subject
scores to two decimal places, but the following information gives an indication of how scaling adjusts scores in the various studies.
2011 Study
Accounting
Agricultural & Horticultural Studies
Art
Biology
Business Management
Chemistry
Classical Societies & Cultures
Dance
Design & Technology
Drama
Economics
English
English (ESL)
English Language
Environmental Science
Food & Technology
Geography
Health & Human Development
History:
Australian History
Renaissance Italy
Revolutions
Industry & Enterprise Studies
Information Technology:
Information Technology – Software Development
Information Technology – IT Applications
International Politics:
International Studies
National Politics
Legal Studies
Literature
LOTE:
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Auslan
Bosnian
Chinese (FL)
Chinese (SL)
Chinese (SL Advanced)
Classical Greek
Classical Hebrew
Croatian
Dutch
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indigenous Languages of Victoria
Indonesian (FL)
Indonesian (SL)
Italian
Japanese (FL)
Japanese (SL)
Khmer
Korean (FL)
Korean (SL)
Latin
Macedonian
Maltese
Persian
Polish
16 December 2011
Mean
30.4
25.2
27.4
30.4
26.7
34.1
31.6
28.3
24.6
28.2
32.1
28.3
28.7
31.2
28.4
23.9
29.3
26.3
St. Dev.
7.3
6.9
7.5
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.6
7.1
7.0
7.3
6.9
7.5
8.1
7.5
7.1
6.9
7.3
7.2
20
18
14
16
19
16
22
20
18
14
17
22
17
16
20
17
13
19
16
25
24
18
21
25
21
29
26
23
18
22
27
22
22
25
23
18
24
20
30
30
23
27
30
26
34
31
28
23
27
32
28
28
31
28
22
29
25
35
36
28
32
36
31
40
37
33
28
33
37
34
34
37
34
28
34
31
40
41
35
38
41
37
44
42
39
35
39
42
39
41
42
39
34
40
37
45
46
42
45
46
43
48
47
44
42
45
46
45
46
46
45
41
45
43
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
27.8
32.2
30.0
23.1
7.8
7.8
7.6
7.5
16
19
18
10
21
26
24
15
27
32
30
19
33
38
36
25
39
43
41
32
45
47
46
41
50
50
50
50
28.1
25.7
7.0
7.1
17
15
22
20
27
25
33
30
38
36
44
43
50
50
32.6
32.8
28.4
31.1
7.6
7.2
7.6
7.2
20
21
17
20
27
27
22
26
33
33
28
31
38
38
34
36
43
43
40
41
47
47
45
46
50
50
50
50
20
25
31
36
41
46
50
20
23
20
30
28
33
26
27
27
36
34
40
32
31
33
41
39
45
37
34
39
46
44
49
42
38
44
49
47
52
47
43
48
52
50
54
50
50
50
54
52
55
25
29
34
38
42
46
50
20
30
29
24
30
23
25
36
35
30
37
29
30
41
40
35
43
34
35
46
44
40
47
39
40
49
48
44
51
44
45
52
51
48
54
47
50
54
53
50
55
50
24
26
26
16
28
22
19
24
33
20
29
32
32
22
34
28
26
31
41
25
33
37
37
29
39
34
34
38
46
30
37
42
42
36
43
39
41
43
50
35
40
45
46
42
47
44
46
47
53
40
45
48
48
47
50
48
50
50
54
45
50
50
50
50
51
50
52
51
55
50
21
21
25
28
29
35
34
41
38
45
43
48
50
50
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
30.5
6.9
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
31.1
5.8
31.3
4.9
34.2
7.5
40.6
6.8
38.9
6.7
42.5
7.4
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
34.6
5.9
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
31.2
5.9
40.6
6.6
39.0
6.8
34.2
6.9
41.2
7.3
34.2
7.1
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
No enrolments in 2011
35.5
5.5
36.9
6.5
36.7
6.6
31.0
8.5
38.5
6.4
32.1
7.6
36.3
7.7
38.1
6.4
45.0
7.0
30.2
6.4
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
29.1
6.1
34.1
7.6
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2011 Study
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Sinhala
Spanish
Swedish
Tamil
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Yiddish
Mathematics:
Further Mathematics
Mathematical Methods (CAS)
Specialist Mathematics
Media
Music:
Music Performance
Music Investigation
Music Styles
Outdoor & Environmental Studies
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Psychology
Religion & Society
Sociology
Studio Arts
Systems Engineering
Texts & Traditions
Theatre Studies
Visual Communication & Design
VCE VET:
VCE VET Business
VCE VET Community Services
VCE VET Dance
VCE VET Electrotechnology
VCE VET Engineering Studies – Cert II
VCE VET Engineering Studies – Cert III
VCE VET Equine Industry
VCE VET Financial Services
VCE VET Furnishing
VCE VET Hospitality
VCE VET Hospitality – Kitchen Operations
VCE VET Information Technology
VCE VET Interactive Digital Media
VCE VET Laboratory Skills
VCE VET Music
VCE VET Music Technical Production
VCE VET Sport & Recreation
Mean
St. Dev.
32.9
5.5
31.1
7.2
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
36.0
5.4
32.1
6.3
36.3
7.5
33.1
6.7
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
30.0
6.7
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
34.3
7.0
Small Study, see Notes 1 & 2 below
20
21
20
25
26
26
30
31
31
35
36
36
40
41
41
45
45
46
50
50
50
28
20
21
22
33
26
29
28
37
31
36
33
41
37
42
37
44
42
47
42
47
46
50
46
50
50
51
50
19
24
29
34
39
45
50
22
28
34
39
44
48
50
28.0
34.9
41.2
26.3
7.0
7.1
7.4
7.3
18
24
29
15
23
30
36
20
28
35
42
25
33
40
47
31
38
44
51
37
44
48
53
43
50
50
55
50
29.6
30.0
31.6
24.8
30.5
27.5
32.3
28.5
30.8
26.1
26.1
24.4
30.6
29.3
26.7
7.2
7.3
7.1
6.7
7.7
7.1
7.3
7.2
7.0
7.4
7.2
6.6
7.1
7.3
7.1
19
18
21
15
18
17
21
17
20
15
15
15
21
18
16
24
23
27
19
24
22
27
22
25
20
20
19
26
24
21
29
29
32
24
30
27
32
28
31
25
25
23
31
29
26
34
34
38
29
36
32
38
33
36
31
31
28
36
35
31
40
40
43
35
41
38
43
39
41
38
37
34
41
40
37
45
45
47
41
46
44
47
45
46
44
43
41
45
45
43
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
15
14
19
17
15
19
17
23
20
18
23
22
26
24
22
29
27
30
28
26
34
32
37
35
34
41
40
43
42
42
50
50
50
50
50
17
22
26
32
37
43
50
14
15
15
15
16
18
20
19
19
21
22
25
24
23
25
27
30
29
28
30
33
36
35
33
36
40
43
41
40
42
50
50
50
50
50
17
16
15
21
20
19
26
25
23
30
30
29
36
35
34
42
42
41
50
50
50
25.0
6.7
23.5
6.4
27.0
6.0
25.6
5.8
24.5
6.4
No enrolments in 2011
27.0
6.5
Small Study, see Note 1 below
24.2
6.0
25.5
6.7
25.0
6.9
24.9
6.3
26.4
6.8
Small Study, see Note 1 below
26.1
6.1
26.2
6.8
24.5
6.9
NOTES:
1. A number of studies were not scaled by the automatic procedure, since their eligible scaling population was less than or equal
to eleven. These studies are noted. The means and standard deviations are not given in these cases, since they are not as
useful.
2. For the small LOTEs, the LOTE adjustment is the maximum of zero and the average LOTE adjustment over the previous
three years. The following table gives the ATAR Subject Scores for small LOTEs in 2011.
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Small LOTE - 2011 ATAR Subject Scores
Small LOTE Study Score
2011 ATAR Subject Score
Small LOTE Study Score
2011 ATAR Subject Score
Small LOTE Study Score
2011 ATAR Subject Score
Small LOTE Study Score
2011 ATAR Subject Score
Small LOTE Study Score
2011 ATAR Subject Score
1
1
11
12.99
21
25.44
31
36.42
41
45.29
2
2
12
14.26
22
26.62
32
37.41
42
46.05
3
3.09
13
15.53
23
27.79
33
38.37
43
46.8
4
4.26
14
16.8
24
28.94
34
39.31
44
47.52
5
5.46
15
18.06
25
30.07
35
40.23
45
48.2
6
6.69
16
19.32
26
31.18
36
41.12
46
48.86
7
7.93
17
20.56
27
32.27
37
42
47
49.49
8
9.18
18
21.8
28
33.34
38
42.85
48
50.07
9
10.44
19
23.03
29
34.39
39
43.69
49
50.58
10
11.71
20
24.24
30
35.42
40
44.5
50
50.89
2011 Scaled Aggregate Table
Based on the 2011 scaling and aggregation process, the following table gives an indication of the minimum scaled aggregate required
to achieve at least a particular ATAR. The table can be used to check roughly an ATAR calculation.
ATAR
40.00
45.00
50.00
55.00
60.00
62.00
64.00
65.00
66.00
68.00
70.00
72.00
74.00
75.00
76.00
78.00
80.00
82.00
84.00
85.00
86.00
88.00
90.00
91.00
92.00
93.00
94.00
95.00
96.00
97.00
97.50
98.00
98.50
99.00
99.25
99.50
99.60
99.70
99.80
99.90
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Min Scaled Aggregate for ATAR
88.7
95.0
101.4
107.2
113.5
116.0
118.7
120.1
121.3
123.9
126.6
129.2
131.9
133.4
134.9
137.9
141.1
144.3
147.7
149.5
151.4
155.1
159.2
161.5
164.0
166.5
169.3
172.3
176.1
180.4
182.9
185.4
188.7
193.0
195.6
198.6
200.0
201.9
204.5
207.7
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