Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab

Class

Class code for the assessment area. This code is the campus followed by the course code (see below). For example, S/NCEA01.

Number

Standard number for the assessment area.

For example, assessment standard 90022 is the responsibility of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Ver

Current version of the assessment standard.

Course

Subject code of the assessment standard. For example, NCEA01.

Level

Level of difficulty that applies to the assessment standard.

The standards assessed in schools are usually at levels 1, 2 and 3. Most students start at level 1 in year 11, though students often study at a mix of levels depending on their ability in particular subject areas and availability.

Type

File type of the subject. In most cases, this is A for academic subjects. See File types in the Introduction manual.

I/E

Whether the assessment standard is Internal or External.

Cred

Number of credits available from the assessment standard.

When a student achieves a standard, these credits count towards their NCEA and may also contribute towards other national certificates, such as the National Certificate in Mathematics.

Result

Result the student has achieved at your organisation for the linked assessment area.

The value is maintained on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.
Click to launch Student Results Maintenance to maintain the student's results. See Maintaining student results in the Assessments and reports manual.
In the following example, the Result field (column) is displayed for Angelo Adamski on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.

Completed

Date that the assessable result was completed.

The value is maintained on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.
Click to launch Student Results Maintenance to maintain the student's results. See Maintaining student results in the Assessments and reports manual.
In the following example, the Date field (column) is displayed for Angelo Adamski on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.

Cred Ach

Credits achieved by the student for the assessment standard. Also see the Cred field above.

Title

Title of the assessment standard.

Provider

All students must be assessed by an accredited provider. Providers are usually secondary schools, area schools or wharekura (Maori-medium secondary schools).

Withdrawn

Selected if the student has withdrawn from the subject area.

Te Reo Answer Req

Select to request the examination answers in the Maori language, if it is available. When the Other Standards mode is selected the field name is Te Reo Answer.

Te Reo Paper Req

Select to request the examination paper in the Maori language, if it is available. When the Other Standards mode is selected the field name is Te Reo Paper.

Assessment Opportunity

Students have up to three opportunities to complete the assessment for each standard. This field must be populated for externally assessed standards and blank for internally assessed standards.

Select a number to indicate the assessment opportunity chosen by the student for the selected standard.

Note: The number of assessment opportunities for each standard is specified in the Assessment Opportunities field (field 29) of the standards file, which is imported into Synergetic using the Import Standards File action on the NZQA tab of the Import/Export Student data window. See Import_Export Student Data - NZQA tab.

Assessment Request Type

Type of assessment requested.

Values:

• DE = Digital Exam

• PE = Paper Exam

• DS = Digital Submission

• PS = Physical Submission

Note: Restricted to those Types allowed for the selected Assessment Opportunity. 

This will auto select to default value when Assessment Opportunity is selected, but can then be manually set to a different allowed value if required.

Dgtl Prac Exm Req

Select to request a digital practice exam.

The following confirmation message is displayed if you select this field for an assessment that does not currently have an available digital practice exam.

You can request digital practice exams for assessment that do not currently have exams, but no request is submitted until an exam is available. By selecting this field you can ensure that you will receive a digital practice exam as soon as one becomes available.  

Te Reo Ans Avail

Maori language examination answers are available.

Trsltd Paper Avail

Whether a translated paper is available for the selected assessment.

Assessment Request Indicator

Indicates available Assessment Request Types for the given standard and assessment opportunity.

• Example: 1=DE|PE;2=DE|PE;3=DS

The first Assessment Request Type should be the default available to schools.

Dgtl Prac Exam Avail

Whether a digital practice exam is available for the selected assessment.

Context

Context of the assessment standard. The context is maintained in the luSubjectAssessmentContext lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the System maintenance manual.

Seq

Order that the other assessment standards are displayed. This field is not displayed when the Assessment Linked Standards mode is selected.

Number

Standard number for the assessment area.

For example, assessment standard 90022 is the responsibility of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Ver

Current version of the assessment standard.

File Type

File Type linked to the assessment standard.

Course

Course linked to the assessment standard.

Level

Level of difficulty that applies to the assessment standard.

The standards assessed in schools are usually at levels 1, 2 and 3. Most students start at level 1 in year 11, though students often study at a mix of levels depending on their ability in particular subject areas and availability.

Type

File type of the subject. In most cases, this is A for academic subjects. See File types in the Introduction manual.

I/E

Whether the assessment standard is Internal or External.

Cred

Number of credits available from the assessment standard.

When a student achieves a standard, these credits count towards their NCEA and may also contribute towards other national certificates, such as the National Certificate in Mathematics.

Result

Result the student has achieved at your organisation for the linked assessment area.

The value is maintained on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.
Click to launch Student Results Maintenance to maintain the student's results. See Maintaining student results in the Assessments and reports manual.
In the following example, the Result field (column) is displayed for Angelo Adamski on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.

Completed

Date that the assessable result was completed.

The value is maintained on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.
Click to launch Student Results Maintenance to maintain the student's results. See Maintaining student results in the Assessments and reports manual.
In the following example, the Date field (column) is displayed for Angelo Adamski on the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance.

Endorse Code

Endorsement code of the assessment standard.

Cred Ach

Credits achieved by the student for the assessment standard. Also see the Cred field above.

Title

Title of the assessment standard.

Provider

All students must be assessed by an accredited provider. Providers are usually secondary schools, area schools or wharekura (Maori-medium secondary schools).

Withdrawn

Selected if the student has withdrawn from the subject area.

Te Reo Ans

Select to request the examination answers in the Maori language, if it is available. When the Other Standards mode is selected the field name is Te Reo Answer.

Te Reo Paper

Select to request the examination paper in the Maori language, if it is available. When the Other Standards mode is selected the field name is Te Reo Paper.

Assessment Request Type

Type of assessment requested.

Values:

• DE = Digital Exam

• PE = Paper Exam

• DS = Digital Submission

• PS = Physical Submission

Dgtl Prac Exam Req

Select to request a digital practice exam.

The following confirmation message is displayed if you select this field for an assessment that does not currently have an available digital practice exam.

You can request a digital practice exams for an assessment without an exam, but no request is submitted until an exam is available. By selecting this field you can ensure that you will receive a digital practice exam as soon as one becomes available.  

Te Reo Ans Avail

Maori language examination answers are available. This field is not displayed when the Other Standards mode is selected.

Trsltd Paper Avail

Whether a translated exam is available for the selected assessment.

Dgtl Prac Exam Avail

Whether a digital practice exam is available for the selected assessment.

Context

Context of the assessment standard. The context is maintained in the luSubjectAssessmentContext lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the System maintenance manual.

Seq

Order that the other assessment standards are displayed. This field is not displayed when the Assessment Linked Standards mode is selected.