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steve030

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« on: June 09, 2011, 11:50:49 pm »
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I couldn't find a place to ask questions about the GAT.
So i'll just post here.


I'm hearing rumors that if you do well in your GAt it boosts your scores up somehow, which i think is complete rubbish, but anyone like to confirm/deny those rumors?

Also, what happens if you ace your gat, and decide to get a derivational score, can you get a better score than you would've got in that particular subject?

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Re: GAT?
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2011, 11:56:46 pm »
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The GAT is used in these ways because achievement on the GAT is a good predictor of achievement on other assessments. If students have done well on the GAT, then their achievements are likely to be high on their school assessments and examinations.

Clearly, some GAT questions relate more closely to achievement in particular studies. The VCAA takes this into account when it calculates students’ expected achievements in each study for each school. For example, GAT results in mathematics, science and technology play only a minor part in calculating students’ expected achievements in humanities studies.
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Isn't it, if all of a year level does well in the GAT, your scores are boosted more?
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2011, 12:07:56 am »
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Firstly, you can't "decide to get a derivational score" you have a valid excuse- family member death, illness etc.
Your derived score comes from what you teachers think you will get and your gat and sac results.





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Re: GAT?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2011, 10:21:01 am »
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But what I am saying is, if you ace the GAT, can that give you like an A+ if you do get a derivational score?
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2011, 07:18:04 pm »
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If you have a good reason, ace the GAT, ace all your SAC's and your teachers indicitive grade is excellent, then you would get an A+ I would assume.
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2011, 07:41:00 pm »
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only 2% of the time will someones study score vary by more than 2 as a result of the GAT.

The GAT is useful if you're sick, and also if your whole cohort does well on it, your sacs scale up more!
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2011, 10:38:54 pm »
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The GAT is useful if you're sick, and also if your whole cohort does well on it, your sacs scale up more!
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oh well that great knowing my skool everyones just gnna be dikheads and there wnt get scaled up. kinda shit how it works out
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2011, 08:40:32 pm »
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is it true that you can leave the GAT after an hour?
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2011, 09:37:25 pm »
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Quote from: chriszorr on June 15, 2011, 08:40:32 pm
is it true that you can leave the GAT after an hour?

I think so, can't remember
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2011, 12:32:08 pm »
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It's half an hour after reading time.
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2011, 02:13:09 pm »
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You're unable to leave within 30-1 hour(Don't know which time) because they think people will cheat LOL.
Anyway I didn't go to the GAT was busy snoozing! Damn you Game of Thrones :@
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2011, 03:10:24 pm »
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Quote from: chriszorr on June 15, 2011, 08:40:32 pm
is it true that you can leave the GAT after an hour?

You can leave your regular exams after 30 minutes if you really want to
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2011, 03:21:14 pm »
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wow really? we werent allowed to leave until time was up. i looked around the room at 12ish and everyone was asleep on their desks...
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2011, 03:26:47 pm »
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Your school may or may not impose consequences for leaving but the VCAA permits you to leave early
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Re: GAT?
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2011, 08:57:50 pm »
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Quote from: tashpash on June 16, 2011, 03:21:14 pm
wow really? we werent allowed to leave until time was up. i looked around the room at 12ish and everyone was asleep on their desks...

That's so frustrating. I finished with an hour to spare, so I left early. From what the head examiner told us we could leave as early as quarter to 11, and had to stay if we finished in the last five minutes.
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