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2007 Secondary Education Statistics (Years 10, 11 and 12)

ISSN 1445-5552

The Council provides information each year on the participation and achievement of students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are studying Curriculum Council-approved subjects, courses or programs.

The 2007 statistics below are based on information provided by both government and non-government schools.  They are also inclusive of students who: 

• have completed at least one subject and were awarded a grade of achievement
• have completed course units
• have completed endorsed programs, and
• successfully completed units of competency.

© Curriculum Council, Western Australia, 2008.

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Covering page
Table of contents
Section 1 - General
Certification of student achievement
Table 1.1 & Figure 1.1	Schools with students enrolled in upper secondary subjects
Table 1.2 & Figure 1.2	Year 11 and 12 students
Table 1.3	Year 12 students' subject selection
Table 1.4	Composition of Year 12 Cohorts 2005-06
Table 1.5	Combinations of Year 11 and 12 subjects
Table 1.6	Students achieving a WACE
Table 1.7	Exhibitions and awards
Table 1.8 & Figure 1.3	Full fee paying overseas students
Table 1.9	Overseas students achieving a WACE
Table 1.10	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieving a WACE
Table 1.11	Participation of 1990 year birth students
Section 2 - Year 11 Subject Statistics
Table 2.1	Schools offering Year 11 subjects/courses
Table 2.2.1	Student achievement in Year 11 subjects
Table 2.2.2	Student achievement for WACE courses
Figure 2.1	Students who completed subjects
Figure 2.2	Students who completed semesterised subjects
Figure 2.3	Students who completed vocational subjects
Figure 2.4	Students who were awarded levels and bands for courses
Section 3 - Year 12 Subject Statistics
Table 3.1	Schools offering Year 12 subjects/courses
Table 3.2.1	Students awarded grades for Year 12 subjects
Table 3.2.2	Students achievement in Year 12 subjects
Table 3.3	Combinations of subject types (TEE and WSA)
Figure 3.1	Students who completed WSA subjects
Figure 3.2	Students who completed TEE subjects
Figure 3.3	Students who completed Year 12 vocational subjects
Figure 3.4	Students who were awarded levels and bands for courses
Section 4 - Tertiary Entrance Examinations
Explanation of Marks in the Tertiary Entrance Examination
Candidate Information
Table 4.1	Candidates sitting the TEE/WACE examination in each subject
Table 4.2	Candidates in each TEE subject, 2002-2006
Table 4.3	Full and part-time enrolments in exams for tertiary enterance, 1983-2006
Table 4.4	Age of students enrolled in TEE subjects
Table 4.5	Private candidature and absent private candidates in TEE Subjects, 2005-2006
Table 4.6	Background candidates in TEE subjects, 2002-2006
Table 4.7	Number of TEE subjects sat by candidates, 2002-2006
Table 4.8	Enrolments, absentees and non-examination candidates in each TEE subject, 2005-2006
Table 4.9	Anomalou/irregular performers, 2005-2006
Table 4.10	Subject absentee and anomalous/irregular performer rate
Examinations Information
Summary Statistics on TEE/WACE Course Examination Papers
Table 4.11	Summary statistics on TEE/WACE course examination papers
Table 4.12	Moderated school assessments and raw examination marks for TEE subjects
Table 4.13	Combined and scaled marks for TEE subjects
Table 4.14	Relationship between raw exam marks and standardised exam marks, for TEE subjects
Table 4.15	Relationship between combined marks and scaled marks for TEE subjects
Table 4.16	Subject loading, 2005-2006
Table 4.17	Ranges of scaled marks in TEE subjects/WACE examination course
Table 4.18	Students who sat the Curriculum Council English Language Competence Test
Full Fee Paying Overseas Students
Table 4.19	Age of overseas students enrolled in TEE subjects
Table 4.20	Overseas students sitting the TEE Subjects for a number of subjects, 2003-2006
Table 4.21	Overseas students sitting the TEE/WACE examination, 2003-2006
Table 4.22	Enrolments, absentees and non-examination overseas students in each TEE subject
Section 5 - Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Table 5.1	Schools with students who completed units of competency or national training modules
Table 5.2	Schools with students who completed Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) subjects
Table 5.3	Schools with students who completed units of competency, national training modules and SWL subjects
Table 5.4.1	Years 8 to 10 students who participated in units of competency or national training modules
Table 5.4.2	Year 11 students who participated in units of competency or national training modules
Table 5.4.3	Year 12 students who participated in units of competency or national training modules
Table 5.4.4	Number of students who participated in units of competency or national training modules
Table 5.5	Students who completed SWL subjects
Table 5.6	Students who completed units of competency, national training modules and SWL subjects
Table 5.7	Successful completions of units of competency or national training modules embedded in Curriculum Council subjects
Table 5.8	Successful completions of units of competency or national training modules studied in addition to Curriculum Council subjects
Table 5.9	Gender comparison for SWL
Table 5.10	Types of units of competency and national training modules studied
Table 5.11	Students who achieved VET qualifications
Table 5.12	VET subject equivalents achieved by students
Table 5.13	Year 12 students using VET subject equivalents to achieve a WACE
Table 5.14	Registered training organisations/providers offering units of competency or national training modules
Table 5.15	Schools offering endorsed programs to Year 10 students by school type, 2007
Table 5.16	Schools offering endorsed programs to Year 11 students by school type, 2007
Table 5.17	Schools offering endorsed programs to Year 12 students by school type, 2007
Table 5.18	Schools with students who completed endorsed programs, 2007
Table 5.19	Students who enrolled in an endorsed program, by sex, 2007
Table 5.20	Students who completed an endorsed program, by sex, 2007
Section 6 - Secondary Student Progression and Retention Rates - Selected Years
Table 6.1	Years 7 to 12 full-time secondary students, 1985-2006
Table 6.2	Progression rates for students in Years 7 to 12, 1985-2006
Table 6.3	Apparent full-time students retention rates in Years 8 to 12, 1985-2006
Section 7 - Year 10 Student Statistics
Table 7.1	Schools offering subjects/courses to Year 10 students by school type, 2007
Table 7.2.1	Year 10 students awarded grades for D (Year 11) and E (Year 12) code subjects by sex, 2007
Table 7.2.2	Year 10 students awarded grades for course units by sex, 2007
Figure 7.1	Year 10 students who completed D (Year 11) and E (Year 12) code subjects by sex, 2007
Figure 7.2	Year 10 students who were awarded grades for course units, by sex, 2007
Appendix 1 - Intercorrelations Amoung Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) subjects
Humanities/Social Sciences TEE subjects
Quantitative/Sciences TEE subjects
Humanities/Social Sciences and quantitative/Sciences TEE subjects

 

 

 

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