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Special Examination Arrangements for Units 3/4 Subjects in 2022

Advance Notice of Special Examination Arrangements for students undertaking studies in Unit 3/4 studies in 2022.  

 

Please note that students who applied and were granted Special Examination Arrangements in 2021 must submit a new application for 2022.

 

Eligibility for Special Examination Arrangements 

Students may be eligible for Special Examination Arrangements if it can be demonstrated that their capacity to access the examination is impaired due to:

 

  • Severe Health Impairment or Physical Disability
  • Significant Mental Health Condition
  • Specific Learning Disorder
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Vision Impairment
  • Severe Language Disorder

 

In each case, the application will require appropriate Health Professionals to provide information to support any requested special arrangements.

 

Special Examination Arrangements may take the form of:

 

a.    Extra reading time. This will not exceed 15 minutes per examination.

b.    Extra writing time. This will not exceed 10 minutes per hour other than in exceptional circumstances such as for a student with a significant physical disability or severe vision impairment.

c.    Rest breaks. These will not exceed 10 minutes per hour other than in exceptional circumstances such as bathroom procedures for the physically disabled students. If a student requires a rest break to stand and stretch or leave the room under supervision, these must be specifically requested in the school's application.

d.    Alternative format examination papers such as enlarged print, coloured paper, Braille and/or recorded examination papers. (Vision impaired students are eligible to apply for exemption from the GAT because Braille and recorded GAT papers are not available.)

e.    Permission to use special technological aids such as a computer or microphone for a hearing-impaired student.

f.     A reader and/or a scribe. Any person who has a close association with the student is not permitted to act as a reader or a scribe in an examination.

g.    A clarifier (only approved for a student with a serious hearing impairment or severe language disorder). Any person who has a close association with the student is not permitted to act as a clarifier in an examination.

h.    Alternative examination venue, such as separate room, home or hospital.

 

Applications for all of the above Special Examination Arrangements must meet the VCAA eligibility criteria.  Additional requirements such as an IQ Test, PAT-R Reading Comprehension and Prescribed Essays are required for those requesting additional writing time.  Students should provide a copy of their 2021 November English Examination as one of the prescribed essays required. (The PAT-R and Prescribed Essays are undertaken at the school). 

 

The relevant application forms are not yet available for 2022, but this advice is being sent to you now for you to be able to make appropriate appointments and gather the required information prior to the application deadline.  All application information must be completed and returned to me in early 2022 (generally the end of March).

 

Please be reminded that the VCAA is responsible for determining eligibility and for granting approval of Special Examination Arrangements.

 

If you feel that you should be considered for Special Examination Arrangements, please advise me at your earliest opportunity in 2022 to initiate an application and to provide you with additional information regarding requirements for your situation.

 

I have attached a brief checklist which was used for 2021 as a guide to the evidence required for applications.

 

 

Miss Michelle Gilkes

PA to Director of Teaching and Learning 

PA to Head of Academic Services