Internal Assessments
It is strongly recommended that students keep a record of their internally assessed results and regularly check these. Results can be viewed at any time on the parent/student portal and students can check their NZQA Learner Login via the NZQA website. Any omissions or errors should be checked with the subject teacher.
All internal assessments must be completed in the timeframe allocated and all results must be confirmed before the final week of the school year.
The following is a guideline for Burnside High School judgements on adequate opportunity.
A student will be awarded Not Achieved (N) if he/she:
• refuses to take part in an assessment (written or performance).
• has been given ‘adequate’ opportunity to achieve the standard and has presented nothing.
• has presented work or evidence for assessment that has not met all the criteria.
• fails to attend an assessment without a valid reason (in most cases the valid reason is a medical certificate, however other reasons will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Qualifications and Assessment Manager).
• Takes leave, approved or otherwise, during an assessment time. Leave letters will indicate ‘Not Achieved will be recorded for assessments missed while on leave’. Exceptions to this are school trips and other justified absences such as selection for National or Regional representation in cultural and sporting activities. Exceptional circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Qualifications and Assessment Manager.
Where a student misses an assessment or a significant proportion of the teaching and learning towards an assessment for an approved reason, they may be withdrawn from the NCEA standard concerned, if a later sitting is not possible. By the end of the year, all students must have a result reported (N, A, M, E) for every internal standard.