Table 6
Year 12 State Statistics
This report consists of five sections.
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| 2. TEE Subjects |
| 3. WSA Subjects |
| 4. VET Studies |
| 5. Distribution of Students by Grades |
1A Student population
This gives the number of students who completed at least one subject and the number of repeaters, overseas students and mature age students. The following definitions apply:
- ‘Completing’ a subject is defined as obtaining a valid grade (A, B, C, D, or E) in it. ‘Repeaters’ are Year 12 students who complete at least one Curriculum Council accredited subject in the year following enrolling in Year 12;
- ‘Re-enterers’ are Year 12 students who complete at least one Curriculum Council accredited subject more than one year after enrolling in Year 12;
- ‘Mature age’ students were aged 19 or more on 1 March of the year in which their grades were awarded.
1B Statistics on achievement of the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE)
Students must satisfy three criteria to achieve the WACE. In brief,
- They must complete at least 10 accredited subjects;
- They must achieve English Language Competence;
- They must achieve a grade average of “C” or better over eight subjects, four of which subjects must be at Year 12 (E-code) level.
The fully detailed requirements for achievement of the WACE, including the use of VET modules/units, semester subjects, credit for overseas or interstate education in Year 11 and recognition of prior learning may be found in Information Paper for Secondary Graduation and also on the Curriculum Council website.
It has been agreed, in consultation with stakeholders, that the percentage of graduating students should be calculated from a base population consisting only of those full-time Year 12 students who could have achieved the WACE (if they had achieved at a suitable level). The population of full-time students eligible to achieve the WACE is also used as a base when calculating the numbers of TEE students, WSA students and VET students.
1C TEE Students
These are defined as full-time students eligible to achieve the WACE, who obtained four or more scaled marks. Normally, students aspiring to enter university need at least four scaled marks in order to obtain a TER.
A student with scaled marks of 75 or more has demonstrated academic achievement in approximately the top 10 percent of students aiming to be admitted to university.
1D WSA Students
These students are defined as full-time students eligible to achieve the WACE, who took at least three wholly school-assessed subjects (inclusive of structured workplace learning, but not of non-embedded VET modules or units of competency).
1E VET Students
There is, as yet, no exclusive definition of a ‘VET’ student. Students in this category may also belong to 1C and 1D.
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Section 2: TEE Subjects
This tablegives the distribution of full-time students eligible to achieve the WACE, by the number of TEE subjects taken by each of them. Subtotals show the number of students who took enough subjects to obtain a Tertiary Entrance Rank (at least four, assuming that Subject List requirements and prerequisites were satisfied) and the number who did not. The number of TEE subjects ‘taken’ by a student is defined as the number of scaled marks (or combined mark, in the case of ESL) obtained.
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This table gives the distribution of full-time students eligible to graduate, by the number of wholly school-assessed (WSA) subjects completed by each of them.
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For 2005, Vocational Education and Training (VET) studies consisted of structured workplace learning (SWL), a subset of WSA subjects, and Units of Competency and National Training Modules (UC/NTM). VET studies count towards achievement of the WACE.
4A - shows the distribution of subject equivalents achieved for UC/NTM amongst full-time students eligible to achieve the WACE. A total of 55 nominal hours of non-embedded UC/NTM is equivalent to 0.5 subject, up to a maximum of two subject equivalents.
4B - shows the distribution of participation in E-code SWL amongst full-time students eligible to achieve the WACE.
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Section 5: Distribution of Students by Grades
This table shows the number and percentage of students awarded each of the grades (A, B, C, D and E) for each subject. In addition, statistical tests have been carried out to compare:
- males against females within the school group and within the State;
- the school group against the whole State cohort.
Under the heading Better Performing Group the following entries may be found.
Entry
Meaning
Males
In this school, males had higher grades than females.
Females
In this school, females had higher grades than males.
NS
The statistical test showed no significant difference between groups.
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No test was carried out because there were not enough students.
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