Trial Examinations - Internally Assessed or VCAA Assessed?

[joseph_just]

I've always thought that trial examinations were internally assessed as well as written however a friend of mine has said that they are sent off to VCAA to assess - is this correct?

[MeLucky]

My school recently had an english practice exam and usually our school creates the practice exam using topics from a bunch of commercial exams. The exams are being assessed by a VCAA assessor(being paid by our school).

[acinod]

Our school's trial exams are internally assessed. They go towards subject prizes for the end of the year. Don't really count towards your VCE at all though. I know MacRob doesn't even have trial exams.

[Lasercookie]

Just an aside, if a VCAA assessor marked trial exams, wouldn't that be considered cheating?
"20. A student must not communicate with an assessor, either before or after a written examination or during a performance examination, except when communication is necessary for the conduct of the examination. All other communication must be directed to the VCAA."

Wouldn't getting your practice exam marks back from an assessor count as communication?

Either way, it seems really dodgy to me, it'd be giving the students in those schools that do that an unfair advantage - knowing how your answers will fly with an assessor.

Unless it's a non-current VCAA assessor?

[joseph_just]

Thank you for the clarifications!

And yeah it does seem pretty dodgy to have a current VCAA assessor to mark trial examinations. :\

[MeLucky]

Just an aside, if a VCAA assessor marked trial exams, wouldn't that be considered cheating?
"20. A student must not communicate with an assessor, either before or after a written examination or during a performance examination, except when communication is necessary for the conduct of the examination. All other communication must be directed to the VCAA."

Errm, I think they are referring to immediately before or after the exam.
If this were true, then there wouldn't be any VCAA assessors who are teachers. Which there are.
What an advantage you'd have having a VCAA assessor as your teacher though -.-

[Lasercookie]

Just an aside, if a VCAA assessor marked trial exams, wouldn't that be considered cheating?
"20. A student must not communicate with an assessor, either before or after a written examination or during a performance examination, except when communication is necessary for the conduct of the examination. All other communication must be directed to the VCAA."

Errm, I think they are referring to immediately before or after the exam.
If this were true, then there wouldn't be any VCAA assessors who are teachers. Which there are.
What an advantage you'd have having a VCAA assessor as your teacher though -.-

Good point, that may be true.

However, I don't think they're allowed to mention that they're an assessor though. I remember at the revision lecture I went to, the dude at the start said they can't say if they're assessing exams this year or not (I would imagine randomly bringing up that point would mean they were assessing the exam).