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humanimal

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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #75 on: April 30, 2011, 10:12:16 pm »
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The person who got the prize at MHS last year for Health got a SS in the low 30s.
Now I don't know if they had the top rank (I'll ask), but since they got the prize you can assume they were definitely top 3 in the cohort, if not #1.
Two students from MHS got 50s in Health that year.

Go figure.
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #76 on: May 02, 2011, 01:53:11 pm »
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Quote from: humanimal on April 30, 2011, 10:12:16 pm
The person who got the prize at MHS last year for Health got a SS in the low 30s.
Now I don't know if they had the top rank (I'll ask), but since they got the prize you can assume they were definitely top 3 in the cohort, if not #1.
Two students from MHS got 50s in Health that year.

Go figure.
:O reallyyyyyy.... hm i guess that the exams really do matter no matter what school you're at :D
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #77 on: May 04, 2011, 08:42:56 pm »
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it happened to me. im a victim
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #78 on: May 07, 2011, 09:24:22 pm »
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What about subjects which split units 3 and 4 up? Do you get a rank for Unit 3 and Unit 4?
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« Reply #79 on: May 07, 2011, 09:52:31 pm »
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Quote from: wildareal on May 07, 2011, 09:24:22 pm
What about subjects which split units 3 and 4 up? Do you get a rank for Unit 3 and Unit 4?
Nah, there are only 3x GA's - Unit 3 Exam, Unit 4 Exam and Rank for the year
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #80 on: May 07, 2011, 09:56:27 pm »
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Quote from: luken93 on May 07, 2011, 09:52:31 pm
Quote from: wildareal on May 07, 2011, 09:24:22 pm
What about subjects which split units 3 and 4 up? Do you get a rank for Unit 3 and Unit 4?
Nah, there are only 3x GA's - Unit 3 Exam, Unit 4 Exam and Rank for the year
What about for Latin or English?
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #81 on: May 07, 2011, 11:15:16 pm »
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Where there's 2 distinct units and one exam at the end of the year?
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« Reply #82 on: May 08, 2011, 12:23:29 pm »
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Quote from: wildareal on May 07, 2011, 11:15:16 pm
Where there's 2 distinct units and one exam at the end of the year?
You will have a GA for U3 SACs and another GA for u4 SACs... well for english anyway...not sure about languages...
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« Reply #83 on: May 08, 2011, 02:38:41 pm »
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Probably answered already, but the initial question about SAC rankings changing is kind of true. My Literature teacher said that if someone got a high mark who probably won't do that well overall, she would still give them a B, not the A they deserve for that SAC. But that's probably because in literature SACs are so different to what the exam task asks you to do so it's not a good indication of exam performance. Also, it is kind of fair in certain cases. If someone was an anomaly and did really well in one SAC, but their past sacs had been up and down and then their future SAC mark was dodgy, would you really want to award them such a good mark that would let them CLIMB UP THE RANKINGS, to a position where their exam performance could easily affect your scores as well? I.e, rank 1 or 2? She was doing it to protect the cohort I think, cause a few years ago our rank 1 got 38 and the scores were terrible.
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #84 on: May 08, 2011, 05:18:21 pm »
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Quote from: iffets12345 on May 08, 2011, 02:38:41 pm
Probably answered already, but the initial question about SAC rankings changing is kind of true. My Literature teacher said that if someone got a high mark who probably won't do that well overall, she would still give them a B, not the A they deserve for that SAC. But that's probably because in literature SACs are so different to what the exam task asks you to do so it's not a good indication of exam performance. Also, it is kind of fair in certain cases. If someone was an anomaly and did really well in one SAC, but their past sacs had been up and down and then their future SAC mark was dodgy, would you really want to award them such a good mark that would let them CLIMB UP THE RANKINGS, to a position where their exam performance could easily affect your scores as well? I.e, rank 1 or 2? She was doing it to protect the cohort I think, cause a few years ago our rank 1 got 38 and the scores were terrible.
Well then clearly your rankings don't hold until the second unit.
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #85 on: May 08, 2011, 10:00:37 pm »
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You get a rank for unit 3 and a rank for unit 4

Teachers have to send marks for unit 3 several weeks into term 3. So, ranks are fixed before completing unit 4.
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« Reply #86 on: May 09, 2011, 07:48:25 pm »
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will the teacher take your exam mark/grade for unit 3 into consideration when they rank you and give it to VCAA?
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« Reply #87 on: May 09, 2011, 08:37:56 pm »
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Quote from: Hercules on May 09, 2011, 07:48:25 pm
will the teacher take your exam mark/grade for unit 3 into consideration when they rank you and give it to VCAA?
They shouldn't, although I wouldn't be suprised if many did for the best chance at a high scoring student...
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #88 on: May 10, 2011, 08:45:03 pm »
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Yeah they definitely shouldn't.. altering ranks is extremely unfair.
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Re: Ranks....
« Reply #89 on: May 10, 2011, 09:07:45 pm »
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It's all a lottery really, out of your control. Do your best come SAC & exam time and the rest will take care of itself.
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