2016
The Authority provides information each year on the participation and achievement of students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are studying School Curriculum and Standards Authority courses, Vocational Education and Training units of competency or endorsed programs.
The 2016 statistics below are based on information provided by both government and non-government schools. They are also inclusive of students who:
- have completed course units
- have completed endorsed programs, and
- successfully completed units of competency.
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- Certification of senior secondary schooling achievement in 2016
- Table 1.1 - Number of schools with students who completed WACE courses by school sector 2016
- Table 1.2 - Number of students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2016
- Table 1.3 –Number of Year 12 students who completed Year 12 General and foundation courses only, 1-3 Year 12 ATAR course examinations and 4 or more Year 12 ATAR course examinations.by school sector, by sex, 2016.
- Table 1.4 - Composition of Year 12 cohorts 2015- 2016
- Table 1.6 - 'Typical' school students achieving a WACE in 2016
- Table 1.7 - Number of exhibitions and awards granted 2016
- Table 1.8 - Number of full fee paying students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2016
- Table 1.9 - Number of full fee paying students achieving a WACE 2016
- Table 1.10 - Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieving a WACE 2015-2016
- Table 1.11 - Participation of students born in 1997 (dates of birth between 1 July 1997 and 30 June 1998) and 1998 (dates of birth between 1 July 1998 and 30 June 1999) in schooling and in non-school programs, 2016
Section 2 - Year 11 Course Statistics
Section 3 - Year 12 Course Statistics
- Explanation of how school marks and ATAR course examination marks are used in the calculation of the combined scores.
- Table 4.1 - Candidates sitting the WACE-ATAR examination in each course 2014 - 2016
- Table 4.2 - Candidates in each WACE ATAR course examination, shown as percentage of total candidature, 2014-2016
- Table 4.3 -Total number and percentage of full time and part-time enrolments in tertiary admission entrance subjects WACE examination course, 2006-2016
- Table 4.4 - Age of enrolled students in ATAR course examinations by enrolment type and sex, 2016
- Table 4.5 - Private/non-school candidature and absent private non-school candidature in WACE ATAR course examinations, 2015-2016
- Table 4.7 - Number and percentage of candidates sitting for a specific number of WACE ATAR course examinations, 2013-2016
- Table 4.8 - Enrolments and absentees in each ATAR course examination, 2016
- Table 4.9 - Number of anomalous performers identified in each WACE/ATAR course examination, 2015-2016
- Table 4.10 - Course absentee and anomalous performer rate in relation to the date of the written component of the ATAR course examination, 2016
- Table 4.11 - Summary statistics on ATAR course examination, 2016
- Table 4.12 - Mean and standard deviation of moderated school assessments, raw examination marks and correlation coefficients for ATAR course examinations, by sex, 2016
- Table 4.13 - Mean and standard deviation of combined scores for ATAR course examinations, by sex, 2016
- Table 4.19 - Age of full fee paying overseas students enrolled in 2016 ATAR course examinations by enrolment type and sex
- Table 4.20 - Number and percentage of full fee paying overseas students sitting for a specific number of WACE_ATAR course examinations, 2013-2016
- Table 4.21 - Number of full fee paying overseas students sitting the WACE_ATAR examination in each course, 2014-2016
- Table 4.22 - Enrolments and absentees of full fee paying overseas students in each ATAR course examination, 2016
Section 5 - Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Endorsed Programs
- Table 5.1 - Students using unit equivalents to achieve a WACE 2016
- Table 5.2,- 5.3 Number of schools with students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency, 2016
- Table 5.4 - Number of students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency and at least one workplace learning endorsed program, by sex, 2016
- Table 5.5 - Number of Year 8,9,10,11 and 12 students who participated in units of competency, by sex 2016
- Table 5.6 - Number of students who completed at least one VET unit of competency at a Registered Training Organisation, 2016
- 5.7 - Number of students enrolled in at least one VET qualification (enrolled in at least one UoC) who completed at least one VET qualification.
- 5.8 - Number of students enrolled in VET qualification who completed the qualification (RSQUAL) by qualification level.
- Table 5.12 - VET Achievements Full and Partial Qualifications for all students of all schools in 2016
- 5.14 - Registered Training Organisation VET Offering Summary, 2016
- Table 5.22 - Number of endorsed program unit equivalents achieved by students 2016
- Table 5.23 - Number of schools and Y10 students who completed endorsed programs 2016
- Table 5.24 - Number of schools and Y11 students who completed endorsed programs 2016
- Table 5.25 - Number of schools and Y12 students who completed endorsed programs 2016
- Table 5.26 - Number of students who achieved an endorsed program, by sex 2016
Section 6 - Secondary Student Progression and Retention Rates - Selected Years
- 6.1 - Full-time secondary students years 7 to 12 by sex (govt and non-govt schools) - 1993 to 2016
- 6.2 - Full-time secondary student progression rates years 8 to 12 by sex (govt and non-govt schools) - July, 1993 to 2016
- 6.3 - Full-time secondary student apparent retention rates years 8 to 12 by sex (govt and non-govt schools) - July, 1993 to 2016