VCAA Letters

LETTER FROM THE VCAA TO PARENTS & CARERS

Dear parents and carers

I’m writing to share information from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, following the errors with this year’s VCE exams:

On behalf of the VCAA Executive, I unreservedly apologise for the impact these errors have had on students, families, school staff and the broader community.

The following is the process we will now follow to ensure each student is marked fairly.

When the marking of each examination is complete, the VCAA will use statistical analyses and additional student data to identify whether there is evidence that any student has gained an unfair advantage over other students. This is called the Anomalous Grade Process

Following this process, if questions are identified as providing any student with an unfair advantage, appropriate adjustments to student marks will be made. This includes invalidating questions and awarding all students full marks for that question, if necessary.

Please be assured that if students have accessed the published material on the sample examination covers, this will not be considered a breach of the rules. The VCAA has published information including Q&As on their website, see: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

For other questions or additional support, please speak to our VCE Coordinator.

LETTER FROM THE VCAA TO STUDENTS

Dear students

I’m writing to share information from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, following the errors with this year’s VCE exams:

On behalf of the VCAA Executive, I unreservedly apologise for the impact these errors have had on students, families, school staff and the broader community.

I want to acknowledge how hard you have worked over many months to prepare for this time, and the additional disruption and impact these errors have had on you and your families.

The following is the process we will now follow to ensure each student is marked fairly.

When the marking of each examination is complete, the VCAA will use statistical analyses and to identify whether there is evidence that any student has gained an unfair advantage over other students. This is called the Anomalous Grade Process.

Following this process, if any questions are identified as providing any student with an unfair advantage, appropriate adjustments to student marks will be made.

This will ensure that you can be confident that you have been fairly assessed, with no student either advantaged or disadvantaged as a result of the errors.

Please be assured that if you have accessed the published material on the sample examination covers, this will not be considered a breach of the rules. The VCAA has published information including Q&As on their website, see: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

For other questions or additional support, please speak to our VCE Coordinator.