Graham, this is a great evaluation of the course. I would like to know about the idea of 'ATAR contribution'. Are suggesting that a student 96 in Investigating Science is likely to be a 99.5 ATAR range?
What it means, basically, is that if a student achieved 96 in Investigating, then, according to scaling, that student was working at 99.5 ATAR level in Investigating. But remember that Investigating can only be worth 20% of your ATAR. Your final ATAR is basically the average of your best 10 units of ATAR contributions.
Thankyou, hence your point that the proportion of high performing students are choosing Investigating Science is increasing. Is the ATAR based on average course scores from the best 10 units or an aggregate? In the ACT it is derived from the aggregate.
Well, the ATAR isn’t calculated how I said. It’s just a consequence that it falls that way. The ATAR is determined by ranking the aggregates of the best 10 scaled scores for all students, including 2 units of English.
Once scaled scores are determined, it’s the same as the ACT, as the ACT ATARs are determined by slotting into NSW. Once parameters are set by NSW, ACT schools can fit their scores into it all.
Graham, this is a great evaluation of the course. I would like to know about the idea of 'ATAR contribution'. Are suggesting that a student 96 in Investigating Science is likely to be a 99.5 ATAR range?
What it means, basically, is that if a student achieved 96 in Investigating, then, according to scaling, that student was working at 99.5 ATAR level in Investigating. But remember that Investigating can only be worth 20% of your ATAR. Your final ATAR is basically the average of your best 10 units of ATAR contributions.
Thankyou, hence your point that the proportion of high performing students are choosing Investigating Science is increasing. Is the ATAR based on average course scores from the best 10 units or an aggregate? In the ACT it is derived from the aggregate.
Well, the ATAR isn’t calculated how I said. It’s just a consequence that it falls that way. The ATAR is determined by ranking the aggregates of the best 10 scaled scores for all students, including 2 units of English.
Once scaled scores are determined, it’s the same as the ACT, as the ACT ATARs are determined by slotting into NSW. Once parameters are set by NSW, ACT schools can fit their scores into it all.