2012 will be the final year of VCE mid-year examinations

[jenerator]

The VCAA has decided that mid-year examinations in VCE Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics and Psychology will be held for the last time in 2012.

From 2013 mid-year VCE examinations will no longer be offered.

A decision on the timing of the 2013 General Achievement Test (GAT) is yet to be determined. The VCAA will consult schools and other key stakeholders early in 2012 before making a decision.

Many schools have been asking for this change for some time. Freeing up this time will provide more flexibility for schools and permit greater continuity of study for all VCE students. The examinations for all VCE students will be aligned.

Principals, subject associations and a range of study specialists including teachers and examiners were consulted prior to the decision.

A number of minor amendments to the study designs for Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics and Psychology will be made to accommodate the consequent changes to the assessment structures of these studies.

The amendments are confined to Units 3 and 4 in each of the studies and will be implemented from the 2013 school year.

The table below summarises changes to the assessment structures for each study, showing the relative weightings of School-assessed Coursework and the length of the single end-of-year examination.

[abd123]

Well, I'm going to be feeling sorry for the 2013 science and commerce students. I guess they would have the end of years exam for over 2 hours.

[REBORN]

holy shit. gg Psych students. enjoy memorising 3/4 combined.

[thushan]

Hmm, 3 hour science exams perhaps. Just like in the HSC...
(they could make it 2 hours, but its kinda hard to cram all the content into 2 hours)
EDIT: they give the actual length of the exams, which may or may not be 3 hours. could someone link me to the website?

[abd123]

Hmm, 3 hour science exams. Just like in the HSC...
(they could make it 2 hours, but its kinda hard to cram all the content into 2 hours)
EDIT: they give the actual times. could someone link me to the website?

Woah 3 hours!, we made a escape good 2012'ers lol.

[jenerator]

its actually 2-2.5 hrs

[thushan]

Ahh okay that makes sense. 2.5 hours. That's soo odd! I reckon it should be 3 hours...can cover the course adequately.

LOL I can imagine if this were 2011:

Chemistry 2011 EndofYear exam.
40 Multiple Choice Qns
104 Marks worth of Short answer across 14-16 qns.
Total 144 marks.

Hmm...

[brightsky]

...no midyears...no uni extension increments...2013 is a dud year.

[tea.squaredd]

If anything... they should've made more midyears...

[jenerator]

one advantage though, reduced SAC's

[ieatcrayons]

Full details from VCAA can be found here

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[iirene]

Does that mean there will be new editions of textbooks for 2013 for an amended study design?

[REBORN]

^ there'll have to be IMO, the SD has to change.

[luken93]

^ there'll have to be IMO, the SD has to change.

Yeah they are, my chem teacher went to a meeting a couple of weeks back to discuss the changes, apparently it's heading towards HSC-like, as thushan said..