All breaches of school examinations and internal NCEA assessment conditions will be investigated and held on record. Disputes will be dealt with under the appeal process.
Authenticity and plagiarism
The authenticity of student work will be checked. This means that teachers will use a method that is appropriate for the type of assessment to establish that the work has been the student’s own development. If students have used material from another source (eg. a website) to help them with their research it must be acknowledged in their bibliography. Quotations must be stated as such. Students may be questioned orally about their work, asked to produce development stages and requested to sign an authenticity statement. If the work is not found to be completely their own development then:
• parts of the assessment may not be marked.
• disciplinary action may be taken.
• a ‘Not Achieved’ result may be awarded.
Disruption to an assessment
Any behaviour that continues to cause distraction to other students in an assessment will result in the offending student being removed from the assessment. Disciplinary action will be taken that could involve a detention, MSB or stand-down.
Taking inappropriate material or equipment into an assessment
Any written material or electronic device taken into an assessment that has not been approved by the teacher will be considered a breach of assessment conditions.
Examples of the disciplinary action that could be taken, depending on the seriousness of the student’s action, are:
• detention
• MSB
• A ‘Not Achieved’ result
The school and NZQA examinations allow students to take an emergency pack into examinations, which can include a switched off cell phone, wallet, car and/or house keys. The emergency items must be placed on the floor, under their desk, in a clear resealable plastic bag.
Breaches of external assessment will be investigated and handled by NZQA.