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New Zealand organisations use the NCEA tab to:

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Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab key fields and buttons
Fields

Field

Description

File Year

Change the File Year to see the linked standards for a different year.
Either:

  • type a different year
  • click either the up or down arrow to increment or decrement the year, respectively.

Assessment Linked Standards / Other Standards

Select one of the options to display either the:

  • assessment standards linked to results at your organisation
  • assessment standards done at other organisations.


Field

Description

Show Standards




Select one of the following options to filter the assessment linked standards:

SelectionDescription

All

Show all of the standards for the selected File Year.

Internally Assessed

Show internally assessed standards for the selected File Year.

Internally assessed standards are the responsibility of NZ MOE.

Externally Assessed

Show externally assessed standards for the selected File Year.

Externally assessed NCEA standards are the responsibility of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

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Assess Req

Field

Description

ClassClass 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.

CourseSubject 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.

TypeFile 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.

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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 AvailWhether a translated paper is available for the selected assessment.
Assessment Req Request IndicatorWhether a digital exam or digital submission is available

Indicates available Assessment Request Types for the

selected standard This field can have a value of either:
  • DE = Digital Exam
  • DS = Digital Submission
  • NO = Not allowed

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

    Note: NZQA is releasing this change in April 2023. This field will not be displayed until you load your first standards file containing the Assessment Opportunities field.

    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.


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    Field

    Description

    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 TypeFile Type linked to the assessment standard.
    CourseCourse 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 CodeEndorsement 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 Rqst 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 AvailWhether a translated exam is available for the selected assessment.
    Dgtl Prac Exam AvailWhether 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.



    Buttons

    Button

    Description

    Launch into Student Results Maintenance to maintain the student results linked to the assessment standards, for the selected student and class. See Maintaining student results in the Assessments and reports manual.

    Display the details of the NCEA standard for the selected standard.

    Add an other assessment standard for the student, which was done at another organisation.

    The NCEA Standards Search window is displayed.



    To add an other assessment standard for the student:

    1. Update the search criteria and click.
    2. Select the assessment standard that has been assessed at another organisation.
    3. Click .
    4. Update the following fields, as required:
    • Result
    • Completed
    • Cred Ach
    • Provider
    • Withdrawn
    • Te Reo Ans (Te Reo Ans Req)
    • Te Reo Paper (Te Reo Paper Req)
    • Context
    • Standard Language
      Refer to the fields above for details of each.

    Modify an existing other assessment standard.

    Delete an existing other assessment standard.

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