1. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment PSSC RESULTS NOTICE DESCRIPTIVES OF MARKS

2. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment 3 components: Internal Assessment Mark Exam Mark Final Grade

3. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (i) Internal Assessment Mark Sum of all IA weighted marks Expressed in percentages NOT a linear sum of IA marks sent from schools

4. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (ii) Exam Mark Standardised mark after weighting has been applied Expressed in percentages NOT the raw exam mark

5. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (iii) Final Grade Combined IA and Exam marks in weighted terms Subjected to fine tune processing Grading procedures Note: the final mark is NOT a linear sum of the reported IA and Exam marks

6. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment EXAMPLE Student X Results Notice: Code SubjectInternal Assmt MarkExam MarkFinal Grade 5ENGLISH 65 45 4 6PHYSICS 55 35 6

7. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment English IA: CATTDTTotal% 6/1026.4/4032.4/5065 Exam: Std. Mark% 22.5/5045

8. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment Physics IA: Skill TaskTDTTotal% 6.8/815.3/3222.1/4055 Exam: Std. Mark% 21/6035

9. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment NOTE: SPBEA works on information received from schools If IA marks are not received, they are not processed High raw IA mark does not guarantee good final grade Good performance in exam does not mean good grade Results are reported for subjects students registered for

10. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment THANK YOU For further information, contact your country Agent or SPBEA.