Import Standards File
The following lists the fields of the NZQA Standards file and their database import destination in Synergetic, and where they can then be seen within Synergetic post-import. Heading (NZQA Field Name) DAS Standard number Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field StandardNumber of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Number field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab. DAS Standard Version number Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field StandardVersion of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Version field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab. U=Unit Standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field StandardType of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Type field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab. Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field StandardTitle of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Title field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Level of Standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field Level of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Level field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field Credits of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Credits field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab DAS Field code of Standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field FieldCode of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Field Code field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field FieldName of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Field Name field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab DAS Sub-field code of Standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field SubfieldCode of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Subfield Code field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field SubfieldName of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Subfield Name field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab DAS Domain code of Standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field DomainCode of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Domain Code field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field DomainName of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Domain Name field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if the standard counts towards Level 1 Numeracy Values: C = Corequisite Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field L1Numeracy of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the L1 Numeracy field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if the standard counts towards Level 1 Literacy Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field L1Literacy of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the L1 Literacy field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates the assessment method of the Standard Values Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field AssessmentOption of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Assessment Option field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates the maximum result allowable for a Standard. Values: N (Not Applicable) e.g. Scholarship Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field MeritPermissible of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Merit Permissible field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if a translated exam paper is available for a Standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field TranslatedPaperAvailable of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Translated Paper Available field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if a standard can be answered in te reo Māori, including internally assessed standards Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field TeReoAnswerPermissable of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Te Reo Answer Permissable field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if a standard must have a context Configuration Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field Context of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Context field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates last assessment date of standard version Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field LastAssessmentDate of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the LastAssessmentDate field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if the standard counts towards UE Numeracy Values: C = Corequisite Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field UENumeracy of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the UE Numeracy field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates UE Literacy Read standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field UELiteracyRead of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the UELiteracyRead field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates UE Literacy Write standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field UELiteracyWrite of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the UE Literacy Write field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates UE Māori Literacy Read standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field UEMaoriLiteracyRead of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the UE Maori Literacy Read field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates UE Māori Literacy Write standard Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field UEMaoriLiteracyWrite of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the UE Maori Literacy Write field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates available types for the given standard and assessment opportunity. Available Assessment Request Types: The first Assessment Request Type should be the default available to schools. Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field AssessmentRequestIndicator of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Assessment Request Indicator field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates the assessment session for each externally assessed standard. This includes non-exam-based external assessment. Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field AssessmentSessionCode of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Assessment Session Code field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates if an externally assessed digital exam standard is available for Digital Practice Exam Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field Digital Practice Exam of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Digital Practice Exam field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tab Indicates the maximum number of assessment opportunities available for externally assessed standards. Field is imported into the the Synergetic Database field AssessmentOpportunities of table dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards, and is visible in Synergetic in the Assessment Opportunities field of Current Student Maintenance > Select Standard row … Std > NCEA Standard Window. See Current Student Maintenance - NCEA tabColumn NZQA Comments: 1 Standard Number Configuration 2 Standard Version Configuration 3 Standard Type
A=Achievement Standard
S = ScholarshipConfiguration 4 Standard Title Title of Standard Configuration 5 Level Configuration 6 Credits Configuration 7 Field Code Configuration 8 Field Name DAS Field name of Standard Configuration 9 Subfield Code Configuration 10 Subfield Name DAS Sub-field name of Standard Configuration 11 Domain Code Configuration 12 Domain Name DAS Domain name of Standard Configuration 13 L1 Numeracy
T = Numeracy Transition List
T R = Transition List (Restricted Usage)
N = Not ApplicableConfiguration 14 L1 Literacy
Values:
T = Transition List (both NZC and Te Reo Matatini)
T NZC = Literacy Transition List Only
T TRM = Te Reo Matatini Transition List Only
T R = Transition List (Restricted Usage)
C NZC = NZC Corequisite
C TRM = Te Reo Matatini Corequsite
N = Not ApplicableConfiguration 15 Assessment Method
I=Internally assessedConfiguration 16 Achieved/Merit/Excellence Permissible
A (Achieved)
M (Achieved with Merit)
E (Achieved with Excellence)Configuration 17 Translated Paper Available Configuration 18 Answer in Te Reo Māori Configuration 19 Context 20 Last Assessment Date Configuration 21 UE Numeracy
T = Numeracy Transition List
T R = Transition List (Restricted Usage)
N = Not ApplicableConfiguration 22 UE Literacy Read Configuration 23 UE Literacy Write
Values: Y / NConfiguration 24 UE Māori Literacy Read Configuration 25 UE Māori Literacy Write Configuration 26 Assessment Request Indicator
Example: 1=DE|PE;2=DE|PE;3=DS
DE = Digital Exam
PE = Paper Exam
DS = Digital Submission
PS = Physical SubmissionConfiguration 27 Assessment Session Code Configuration 28 Digital Practice Exam Available Configuration 29 Assessment Opportunities Configuration 30 Excluded Standards Indicates which other standards the given standard has an exclusion pair with. If more than one exists, they are separated by a “|” character.
For more information about exclusions please see our website: https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/standards-exclusion-list/- Standard Language Standard Language was removed by NZQA years ago and no longer appears in the Standards Import File but the field still exists in dbo.SubjectAssessmentNCEAStandards for historical purposes.