ATAR course written examinations

• The Authority confirms that the 2020 ATAR course written examination period will go ahead as scheduled from 2 November 2020.
• The written examinations will be the same length of time, and in the same format, as indicated in the syllabuses for each course.

ATAR course practical examinations

• All ATAR course practical examinations will go ahead as scheduled, except for ATAR Physical Education Studies, for which details will be advised, after the Authority has completed further consultation. See the Physical Education Studies course specific information.

Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA)

• To ensure that Year 12 students sitting the OLNA in round 2, 2020 are not disadvantaged by interruptions to their learning caused by COVID-19, the testing period for this round will be extended as follows:
  1. the September testing window for Reading and Numeracy will be extended by one week until 16 October 2020 (end of first week of Term 4). The normal window is 31 August to 25 September
  2. an additional Writing testing window will be available from 15 September 2020 to 17 September 2020 in addition to the usual Writing window from 31 August to 2 September.
• The Authority will provide further details to schools, via its 11to12 circular, regarding the extension to the OLNA testing window for Year 12 in 2020.
• Current Year 9 students will be provided with an option to sit OLNA testing in 2020, this will be on an opt-in basis; and/or
• Current Year 9 students who achieved a Band 8 or higher in Writing in Year 7 will pre-qualify for the Writing component of OLNA

Externally set tasks

• All students enrolled in a General Year 12 course and/or a Foundation Year 12 course are required to complete the externally set task (EST) developed by the Authority for that course.
• The EST is compulsory and forms part of the school-based assessment and is included as a separate Assessment Type with a weighting of 15% for the pair of units.
• Schools must administer the EST during weeks 7, 8 and 9 of Term 2, 2020 (8 - 26 June 2020)
• The EST will take 50 minutes and must be completed under standard test conditions.
• As previously advised by the Authority in 2019, the EST will be based on Unit 3 syllabus content.
• The Authority will inform schools via its 11to12 circular when the modified Externally Set Tasks Handbook 2020 has been published.

Semester 1 examinations conducted by schools

• If the Semester 1 examination is not administered, then this assessment task within the Examination Assessment Type can be removed from the school’s Assessment Outline but schools must not change the weighting, as stipulated in the Authority’s course syllabus, for the Examination Assessment Type.

Assessment Types

• Be flexible in assessing each Assessment Type. Unless otherwise advised by the Authority in the course specific information, for 2020 you are required to assess each Assessment Type at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Assessment Types and weightings, as stipulated in the Authority’s course syllabus, must not be changed unless specified by the Authority in the course specific information.
• For Assessment Types with a collaborative, practical or outdoor component, please see the course specific information.
• Schools delivering and reporting student achievement on a single Year 11 unit, must assess each Assessment Type at least once over the unit.
• Schools delivering and reporting student achievement on each Year 11 unit, where students are enrolled in the pair of units, may need to defer finalising grades and marks for Unit 1 until the end of 2020, if the assessment program has not been completed.

Authentication of assessments

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• If assessments are unable to be authenticated, you will not be required to alter the Course Outline or Assessment Outline and communicate the changes to students at this stage. Teachers could provide the following advice to their students: It is possible we will need to update our assessment outline and weightings that I gave you at the start of the year. I will confirm any changes with you in due course.
• Teachers of students who continue to be actively engaged in Year 11 or 12 courses, yet are unable to physically attend school (eg medically vulnerable students, international students who are enrolled at a Western Australian school but have not been able to return to Western Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions) should contact the Authority, via info@scsa.wa.edu.au.

Small group partnerships

• Teachers in small group partnerships for Year 12 ATAR courses should work closely within the partnership to revise their Assessment Outline. The revised Assessment Outline should cater for the added flexibility for each assessment type to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Assessment Types and weightings as stipulated in the Authority’s course syllabus must not be changed unless specified by the Authority in the course specific information.
• In the case where the teaching and learning program during Semester 1 has been different across the partner schools, and some agreed to assessments cannot be completed by all partners (eg Semester 1 examination), partner schools can develop and use different Assessment Outlines. These must include common assessment tasks, with a minimum combined weighting of at least 50 per cent of the total school mark.
• Partner schools should attempt to maximise the number of common assessment tasks to ensure that the school marks will be comparable.
• If agreement cannot be reached between partner schools, a request to dissolve a registered partnership must be made in writing to the Authority’s Assistant Executive Director, Examinations, Certification and Testing, via email (rita.colliander@scsa.wa.edu.au).

Principles of Assessment

• The Principles of Assessment as outlined in the WACE Manual 2020, continue to apply:
  • Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning
  • Assessment should be educative
  • Assessment must be fair
  • Assessment should be designed to meet its specific purpose/s
  • Assessment should lead to informative reporting
  • Assessment should lead to school-wide evaluation processes
  • Assessment should provide significant data for improvement of teaching practices.

• Scheduled reviews of senior secondary syllabuses have been postponed until further notice.

• Consensus Moderation meetings for 2020 have been cancelled.
• The Assessment Task Review Trial, which had commenced for a selected number of General courses, has been cancelled.

• Curriculum Advisory Committees and associated working parties will be convened as needed via WebEx.

• Senior secondary students who are school-based apprentices or trainees can continue their related employment  to ensure they achieve their qualification, subject to confirmation by employers of a COVID-safe work environment, consistent with Health guidelines and agreement by all parties with the placement arrangements.
• Schools should contact their school systems/sector if they require further clarification.

• Work placements can recommence for students.
• Schools should conduct work placement risk assessments and ensure employers comply with WA COVID-19 Health guidelines.
• The WA Training Accreditation Council (TAC) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) have released advice to registered training organisations (RTOs) regarding the implementation of temporary measures which could include changes to where delivery occurs, delivery modes and methods, and sequencing of training and assessment.
• Simulated work placement hours cannot be counted towards ADWPL or for VET qualifications that have mandatory work placement hours. However, simulated work environments may be used in some instances where indicated in the unit of competency assessment requirement.
• Schools/RTOs can confirm the suitability of using simulated work environments to meet assessment requirements by checking training.gov.au.
• The Authority has an established VET WACE Special Considerations process which can be enacted due to circumstances arising from RTO certification and resulting processes.
• Schools should contact their school systems/sector if they require further clarification.

• Schools should endeavour for students to complete an Endorsed Program's requirements as planned.
• Where required, schools may consider alternate Endorsed Programs (including Workplace Learning) if students are unable to fulfil program requirements.
• There are a number of Endorsed Programs which can be completed online, such as those covering Microsoft Office software programs.
• Existing part-time paid employment can be used to satisfy requirements of Authority Developed Workplace Learning (ADWPL).
• Should students be unable to complete the requirements, the Authority’s WACE Requirements Special Considerations process will apply.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Investigation Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Production Assessment Type – where practical activities are no longer practicable, the task can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Production and Assembly Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority’s standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• ATAR course: Examination Assessment Type – may be postponed until completion of the practical instruction component of the course.
• ATAR and General courses: Test Assessment Type – may be postponed until completion of the practical instruction component of the course.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Science Inquiry Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Where a Science Inquiry Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Practical tasks

  • Students could use online simulations to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could be provided with second-hand data from an experiment to process, analyse, make conclusion and/or answer questions

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.

  Fieldwork

  • Students may be able to conduct fieldwork at home.
  • Second-hand data from environmental testing or fieldwork could be used for this task. Students could be asked to discuss safety risks, process and analyse the data and make conclusions, recommendations and/or discuss human impacts.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Production Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority’s standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course: for students working in modified learning environments, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Science Inquiry Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken for Science Inquiry: Practical and Science Inquiry: Investigation, tasks can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Practical tasks

  • Students could use online simulations to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could be provided with second-hand data from an experiment to process, analyse, make conclusion and/or answer questions.

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• Production Assessment Type – adapt, substitute or change resources and/or processes to accommodate resource availability.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, the Performance/Production Assessment Type can be completed as either a solo performance or, at the discretion of the teacher, in small groups.

In administering Performance/Production Assessments, teachers must adhere to the Western Australian Government’s phased lifting of COVID-19 restrictions based on the advice of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and the Western Australian Department of Health.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, the Assessment Tables for the following courses have been modified for use in 2020.
  • Year 11 Design ATAR modified assessment table for 2020
  • Year 12 Design ATAR modified assessment table for 2020
  • Year 11 Design General modified assessment table for 2020
  • Year 12 Design General modified assessment table for 2020
  All teachers must adjust their Assessment Outline for these courses to reflect the modified Assessment Tables. The Authority will require teachers to revert to using the Authority's standard Assessment Tables in 2021.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, the Performance/Production Assessment Type can be completed as either a solo performance or, at the discretion of the teacher, in small groups.

In administering Performance/Production Assessments, teachers must adhere to the Western Australian Government’s phased lifting of COVID-19 restrictions based on the advice of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and the Western Australian Department of Health.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Investigation Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Practical tasks

  • Students could use online simulations to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could be provided with second-hand data from an experiment to process, analyse, make conclusion and/or answer questions.

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.

  Fieldwork

  • Students may be able to conduct fieldwork at home.
  • Second-hand data from environmental testing or fieldwork could be used for this task. Students could be asked to discuss safety risks, process and analyse the data and make conclusions, recommendations and/or discuss human impacts.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Production Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority's standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, the Assessment Outlines for ATAR and General courses must include a speaking/listening assessment at least once for the pair of units (or once for a single unit where only one is being studied).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course: for students who continue to work in a modified learning environment, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Production (Oral) Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority's standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Production Assessment Type – adapt, substitute ingredients or change recipes/processes to accommodate food/resource availability.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course: for students who continue to work in a modified learning environment, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Fieldwork/Practical Skills Assessment Type – where fieldwork is not possible, assessment tasks can be modified; however, it must include the practical application of the Geographical Skills.
  
  Formats can include: the collection of information and/or data, transforming information into maps, tables, diagrams and/or charts, interpretation of current up to date sources (e.g. graphs, tables, charts, maps, media clips, visual images).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course: for students who continue to work in a modified learning environment, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Science Inquiry Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Practical tasks

  • Students could use online simulations to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could be provided with second-hand data from an experiment to process, analyse, make conclusion and/or answer questions.

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Science Inquiry Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Practical tasks

  • Students could use online simulations to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could be provided with second-hand data from an experiment to process, analyse, make conclusion and/or answer questions.

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.

  Fieldwork

  • Students may be able to conduct fieldwork at home.
  • Second-hand data from environmental testing or fieldwork could be used for this task. Students could be asked to discuss safety risks, process and analyse the data and make conclusions, recommendations and/or discuss human impacts.
• Follow the advice here.

Arabic
Auslan
Chinese: Background Language
Hebrew
Indonesian: First Language
Japanese: Background Language
Japanese: First Language
Modern Greek
Russian
Sinhala
Turkish

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Oral Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority's standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Practical Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority’s standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
  
  In administering Practical Assessments, teachers must adhere to the Western Australian Government’s phased lifting of COVID-19 restrictions based on the advice of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and the Western Australian Department of Health.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Science Inquiry Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken for Science Inquiry: Scientific Skills and Science Inquiry: Investigation, tasks can be modified
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:
  
  Investigation tasks
  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Production Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority’s standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• The Materials Design and Technology ATAR course Practical (portfolio) examination marking key has been modified for use in 2020 as follows:
  • Criterion 5: Evidence of production (process, time and visual) has been removed
  • Criterion 6: Finished product and final evaluation has been modified.
  • Materials Design and Technology ATAR Practical (portfolio) examination marking key - modified for use in 2020

  To reflect this modification, the Materials Design and Technology ATAR Practical (portfolio) examination requirements document has been updated:

  • Materials Design and Technology ATAR Practical (portfolio) examination requirements - modified for use in 2020
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course: for students who continue to work in a modified learning environment, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Preliminary course: for students who continue to work in a modified learning environment, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Foundation course: where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, students who continue to work in a modified learning environment can be reminded that Practical (Production) tasks can also include: radio, photography, print or digital productions, if audio visual is too challenging to complete.

Paired or group work is permitted (without physical contact).

The use of a student's personal technology/devices for image capturing, sound recording and editing is accepted. Students are encouraged to think creatively as they negotiate and adapt production processes.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, the requirement that repertoire is presented with the intended accompaniment has been removed from the Music ATAR course practical (performance) examination in 2020.

The Music ATAR course Practical (performance) examination marking key has been modified for use in 2020, with the removal of the Musical interaction criterion to provide flexibility for teachers and students. To reflect this modification, a minor edit to the Music ATAR course 2020 Practical (performance and/or composition portfolio) examination requirements document has been made.

• Music ATAR Practical (performance) examination marking key - modified for use in 2020
• Music ATAR Practical (performance and/or composition portfolio) examination requirements - modified for use in 2020
• Students with the access, means and ability to utilise a live accompanist (or backing track) are encouraged to continue with their current arrangements.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, the Performance 2 Assessment Type has been removed. The Assessment Tables for the following courses have been modified for use in 2020.
  • Year 11 Outdoor Education ATAR modified assessment table for 2020
  • Year 12 Outdoor Education ATAR modified assessment table for 2020
  • Year 11 Outdoor Education General modified assessment table for 2020
  • Year 12 Outdoor Education General modified assessment table for 2020
  All teachers must adjust their Assessment Outline for these courses to reflect the modified Assessment Tables. The Authority will require teachers to revert to using the Authority's standard Assessment Tables in 2021.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.

• Follow the advice here.

• After consultation with, and consideration of advice from stakeholders, no modifications to the Critical Reasoning Assessment Type will be made. Teachers must continue to refer to the Authority's standard Assessment Tables in the course syllabuses, noting that the Assessment Type only needs to be assessed at least once over the year/pair of units (rather than twice over the year/pair of units).
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• After broad consultation with stakeholders, the Authority has determined it will administer the standard Year 12 Physical Education Studies (PES) ATAR course practical (performance) examination in the metropolitan area and, where viable, regional centres or schools. However, it should be noted that due to logistical constraints, examinations in particular sports for candidates located in regional locations or schools may be conducted on a date that is different to the date indicated in the PES practical examination timetable published on the Authority’s website.
  
  In recognition of the potential ongoing impact of COVID-19, those students who cannot sit the standard examination, due to being unable to participate in contact sports or travel to the metropolitan or regional examination centre, will be provided with the option to sit the alternative practical examination. The alternative practical examination requires students to analyse electronic recordings and complete an oral examination conducted by two markers. The Authority will inform schools how to exercise this option on behalf of individual students.
  
  As in previous years and in accordance with the Authority’s Special Provisions policy, students with a long-term injury or illness are eligible to apply for the PES alternative practical examination. Applications for this examination are due to the Authority by Wednesday, 29 July 2020.
  
  The Authority’s Examination Logistics staff will continue to liaise with each school’s Year 12 PES ATAR course teacher to collect the information required to determine the examination arrangements for your students.
  
  The Authority has written to school Principals to communicate this information.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Science Inquiry Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken for Experiment, Investigation and Evaluation and Analysis, tasks can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Experiment tasks

  • Students could use online simulations to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could be provided with second-hand data from an experiment to process, analyse, make conclusion and/or answer questions.

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• Investigation Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Production Assessment Type – where practical activities are no longer practicable, the task can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Investigation tasks

  • Students may be able to conduct an investigation at home using available materials or online simulations.
  • Students could be asked to formulate a hypothesis or testable question and plan an investigation to test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Investigation Assessment Type – where practical work is required and is not able to be undertaken, tasks can be modified.
• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Teachers can consider the following possible alternatives when modifying tasks:

  Investigation tasks

  • Students could use online surveys to collect data for analysis.
  • Students could test their hypothesis/question. Second-hand data from a similar investigation could then be provided for processing, analysing and making conclusions.
  • Students could be provided with the method and data from an investigation and asked to propose a hypothesis, identify variables, process and analyse the data, make conclusions and evaluate the investigation.
• Follow the advice here.

• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course: for students working in modified learning environments, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.

• Year 11 ATAR: Production Assessment Type – for students who are continuing to work in a modified learning environment, the focus should be placed on the following:

  A body of work that incorporates documentation of thinking and working practices.

  This typically involves:

  • investigative approaches, including drawing to create artwork (inquiry)
  • using elements and principles of art (visual language)
  • using sources of information and research (visual influence)
  • evaluating and refining thinking and working practices (reflection).



• Year 12 ATAR: Examinable Task Assessment Type – for students who are continuing to work in a modified learning environment, the focus should be placed on the following in relation to the:

  1. Body of work – documentation of thinking and working processes
  
  This involves processes related to:

  • investigative approaches, including drawing to create artwork (inquiry)
  • using elements and principles of art (visual language)
  • using sources of information and research (visual influence)
  • evaluating and refining thinking and working practices (reflection).



• Year 11 and 12 General: Production Assessment Type – for students who are continuing to work in a modified learning environment, the focus should be placed on the following:

  A body of work that incorporates documentation of thinking and working practices.

  This typically involves:

  • investigative approaches, including drawing to create artworks (inquiry)
  • using elements and principles of art (visual language)
  • using sources of information and research (visual influence)
  • evaluating and refining inquiry processes (reflection).


• Where an Assessment Type has been completed out of school and cannot be validated, students will be required to complete an authentication task on their return to school.
• Preliminary course:  for students who continue to work in a modified learning environment, demonstration of student engagement with learning can be provided where possible by photo, audio visual (AV) or audio communication. Additional written evidence of engagement with lessons can be provided when normal classes resume at school.
• Follow the advice here.