Indicative grades

[costargh]

Hey guys,

Just got a quick question. To what degree do indicative grades (the grade your teacher expects you to obtain in the exam, submitted to the VCAA) affect your Study Score?
Or what are the implications of substantial differences between your indicative grade and your actual exam mark?
My understanding of it is that all that happens is a re-marking of some sort. But I'm not sure if it has any affect on your score directly. (eg. indicative grade of A+ and exam grade of B goes up to B+)?

[Mao]

next to none, VCAA is smart enough to know that the teacher will always over-estimate it.

indicative grade will only be considered in the case of derived exam score, and your GAT and SAC performance [in relation to your cohort's exam performance] have heavier weight than your teacher's words.

ongoing assessment [such as homework tasks, graded non-SAC items] will also be taken into account.

bottom line is, its not going to have much impact even if you do want a derived exam score

and it will have no effect if you dont.

[costargh]

Just wondering what sources you have that have given you this information. (Not that I don't believe you, because thats the view that I have on it too, but I just don't have any sources to back up my thoughts)

[enwiabe]

next to none, VCAA is smart enough to know that the teacher will always over-estimate it.

indicative grade will only be considered in the case of derived exam score, and your GAT and SAC performance [in relation to your cohort's exam performance] have heavier weight than your teacher's words.

ongoing assessment [such as homework tasks, graded non-SAC items] will also be taken into account.

bottom line is, its not going to have much impact even if you do want a derived exam score

and it will have no effect if you dont.

Wrong. This is how my VCE co-ordinator explained it to me.

 Indicative grade works like so:

Your teacher is super duper nice and gives you an indicative grade of A+. If you get a grade of C+ or below, VCAA will remark your exam. Essentially, if your actual exam mark is 2 whole grades (not just a '+', but two letter-grades) below your indicative, your paper will be automatically re-marked. It is a safety check to prevent against severe mismarking/exam paper being lost/identity confusion.

It is ALSO used in derived scores but it isn't given much credibility.

[daniel99]

next to none, VCAA is smart enough to know that the teacher will always over-estimate it.

indicative grade will only be considered in the case of derived exam score, and your GAT and SAC performance [in relation to your cohort's exam performance] have heavier weight than your teacher's words.

ongoing assessment [such as homework tasks, graded non-SAC items] will also be taken into account.

bottom line is, its not going to have much impact even if you do want a derived exam score

and it will have no effect if you dont.

Wrong. This is how my VCE co-ordinator explained it to me.

 Indicative grade works like so:

Your teacher is super duper nice and gives you an indicative grade of A+. If you get a grade of C+ or below, VCAA will remark your exam. Essentially, if your actual exam mark is 2 whole grades (not just a '+', but two letter-grades) below your indicative, your paper will be automatically re-marked. It is a safety check to prevent against severe mismarking/exam paper being lost/identity confusion.

It is ALSO used in derived scores but it isn't given much credibility.

I got told the same as enwiabe..

[costargh]

Thanks for that

[Mao]

mmm, fair enough

though it gotta be pretty hard for the teacher to predict score THAT bad.