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Thirdly to an Appeals Committee comprising the Principal’s Nominee and the Head of Department. An Appeal Form
can be obtained from the Principal’s Nominee.
Fourthly to the Principal
Finally to the Board of Trustees whose decision will be final.
If the final decision is not acceptable to the student the complaints procedure will be activated.
9 Opportunities for further Assessment and Resubmissions:
A maximum of one further opportunity for assessment of a standard can be provided in a year
If a further opportunity for assessment is offered to any student, it must be offered to all students entered for the
standard.
Students must be offered the highest grade they have achieved over both opportunities.
It is the school’s decision whether a further opportunity will be offered for any standard. If it is not manageable to offer a
further opportunity, then students should be advised from the onset that there is only one opportunity to be assessed
against that standard.
It is essential that conditions of assessment during a further opportunity be consistent with those for the first
opportunity.
A resubmission should be limited to specific aspects of the assessment and no more than one resubmission should be
provided. It must be completed before any feedback is given to the whole class and should only involve the correction
of mistakes students are capable of discovering and correcting on their own. A resubmission can be offered after either
the first or the second assessment opportunity or after both.
10. Dishonest Practice
Dishonest practice includes, but is not limited to:
Influencing, assisting or hindering other students, whether dishonestly, fraudulently or unwittingly.
Attempting to dishonestly or fraudulently access information or materials not permitted during an assessment
(including having a cell phone in a room for assessments sat under test conditions).
Accessing information or materials or other help from another person during assessments sat under test conditions.
Altering assessment material prior to appealing a grade.
Submitting material for assessment that is not the student’s own work.
Cell phones are nor permitted in a classroom during assessments sat under test conditions.
Where dishonest practices are found to have taken place the students involved will receive a Not Achieved grade.
11 Procedure for ensuring privacy and security of assessment information
Assessment procedures will respect the student’s right to privacy.
Where appropriate, assessment details kept within a department will be secure.
The school is obliged to keep all copies of all assessed material until the external moderation process is complete.
12 Records
The results of any assessment are the property of only the student, the department and nominated senior leadership
team members.
A student may have access to her own personal assessment information stored at school.
Personal information stored will not be available to any person other than the student and such school staff as are
required to work with it.
Records will be kept in both electronic and paper form.
13 Course Completion
Students entering for qualifications must be enrolled at Marian College or be Shirley Boys’ High School students
attending classes at Marian College.
Work not presented on due date without explanation will result in Not Achieved being awarded.
Non-compliance with assessment requirements will be reported to parents/caregivers.
14 Moderation
Courses offering Achievement or Unit Standards should follow the following guidelines:
Departmental procedures must address internal moderation issues to ensure school assessment guidelines are
upheld.
Each assessment activity will use the latest version of the standard and reflect the performance criteria or elements of
the standard. Assessment activities will follow the guidelines outlined in the standard and contain a valid assessment
schedule and sufficiency statement.
All assessment activities and marked work need to be checked by another department member or nominated person
with expertise.
Randomly selected assessment samples of student work will annually be moderated by an external moderator. The
standards to be moderated will be identified in negotiation with NZQA. There will be eight samples of student work for
achievement standards and four samples for unit standards.
Assessments for moderation will be submitted to the Principals Nominee on a date specified by NZQA for moderation.
