2. UNIVERSITY ADMISSION SUMMARY
2010 Year 12 (2011 Admission)
2010 Year 11 (2012 Admission)
WACE All Universities
Competence Normally a scaled mark of at least 50 in English, EALD or
in English TEE English Literature
TER / ATAR Based on a TEA
Prerequisites Scaled mark of at least 50
(for some uni
courses)
in specified TEE subjects / courses (stage 3)
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3. CALCULATION OF TER (ATAR)
2010 Year 12 (2011 Admission)
2010 Year 11 (2012 Admission)
Stage 3 For each course, an increment of 15 will be added to all
Increment stage 3 combined results
Scaling Average Marks Scaling
Tertiary Sum best 4 scaled marks
Entrance (stage 2 or stage 3 courses
Aggregate & TEE subjects)
(TEA)
TEA out of 400
No List 1 / List 2
Unacceptable TEE Subject/Course Combinations
Accumulation: 5 years for all universities
Calculation of TEA translated to a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER)
TER/ATAR Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
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4. RAW COURSE MARKS TO TER/ATAR
Stage 2 Course Results Stage 3 Course Results
PRELIMINARY SCALING
Add 15 marks to all Combined
Standardised Scores
COMBINED SET OF
STAGE 2 & STAGE 3 SCORES
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5. SCALING PROCEDURE for COURSES (continued)
Combined Sets of Stage 2 & Stage 3 Scores
Preliminary Scaling
Average Marks
Scaling
Scaled Combined Scores
Aggregation
Tertiary Entrance Aggregate – TEA (Max 400)
Tertiary Entrance Rank –
TER / ATAR
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13. Useful References
The following websites are updated
regularly and contain detailed information on
the topics covered in this presentation
http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/
http://www.tisc.edu.au/
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.
Presenter’s Notes Improved standard deviation indicates that your assessment tools and assessment practices are allowing you to distinguish between students.