Special assessment conditions - exclusions

Special assessment conditions are not approved where:

• the integrity of the assessment may be compromised
• they compromise the assessment objectives of the standard in question
• the special assessment condition will provide unfair advantage over other candidates.

It is inappropriate to offer a Writer when the assessment requires candidates to:

• write equations (as in Mathematics, Calculus, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics for example)
• draw graphs (as in Mathematics, Geography, Statistics, Physics etc.)
• write in a foreign language
• show an independent command of the skill being assessed (e.g. spelling, grammar, or punctuation in English, drawing in Visual Arts or technology [including graphics], drawing maps in Geography, etc.)

Similarly, it is inappropriate to offer a Reader when the assessment requires candidates to:

• read (and comprehend) independently (as in reo Māori or a foreign language).

Where a standard excludes the use of a Reader, the exclusion also covers any technology that reads text. Where computer use is not excluded for a written examination, only word processing software should be used. Spell check software is allowed.

The following standards are excluded from the specific special assessment conditions assistance listed.

Level 1

Achievement Standard		Special Assessment Conditions Assistance
		Reader	Writer	Computer	Other
Design and Visual Communication
	91063		Excluded	Excluded
	91064		Excluded
	91065		Excluded
Geography
	91007		Part Excluded
	91008		Part Excluded
	91010		Part Excluded
Visual Arts
	90916		Excluded
Languages
Chinese	90868	Part Excluded
Cook Islands Māori	90873	Part Excluded
French	90878	Part Excluded
German	90883	Part Excluded
Indonesian	90901	Part Excluded
Japanese	90893	Part Excluded
Korean	90891	Part Excluded
Samoan	90903	Part Excluded
Spanish	90908	Part Excluded
Te Reo Māori
	91087	Part Excluded
	91088		Excluded

 

Unit Standard		Special Assessment Conditions Assistance
		Reader	Writer	Computer	Other
Literacy	26624	Excluded

 

Level 2

Achievement Standard		Special Assessment Conditions Assistance
		Reader	Writer	Computer	Other
Graphics
	90318		Excluded	Excluded
	90319		Excluded
	90320		Excluded
	90321		Excluded
Geography
	90331		Part Excluded
	90332		Part Excluded
	90333		Part Excluded
	90334		Part Excluded
Visual Arts
	90235		Excluded
	90479		Excluded
	90480		Excluded
	90481		Excluded
	90482		Excluded
Languages
Chinese	90385	Part Excluded
Cook Islands Māori	90391	Part Excluded
French	90398	Part Excluded
German	90404	Part Excluded
Indonesian	90410	Part Excluded
Japanese	90487	Part Excluded
Korean	90416	Part Excluded
Samoan	90422	Part Excluded
Spanish	90429	Part Excluded
Te Reo Māori
	90441	Part Excluded
	90770		Part   Excluded

 

Level 3

Achievement Standard		Special Assessment Conditions Assistance
		Reader	Writer	Computer	Other
Geography
	90701		Part Excluded
	90702		Part Excluded
	90704		Part Excluded
Visual Arts
	90517		Excluded
	90667		Excluded
	90668		Excluded
	90669		Excluded
	90670		Excluded
Languages
Chinese	90549	Part Excluded
Cook Islands Māori	90555	Part Excluded
French	90561	Part Excluded
German	90567	Part Excluded
Indonesian	90674	Part Excluded
Japanese	90573	Part Excluded
Korean	90579	Part Excluded
Samoan	90585	Part Excluded
Spanish	90591	Part Excluded
Te Reo Māori
	90781	Part Excluded
	90782		Part   Excluded
	90784	Part Excluded

Scholarship

Standard		Special Assessment Conditions Assistance
		Reader	Writer	Computer
Chinese	93005	Excluded	Excluded
French	93004	Excluded	Excluded
German	93006	Excluded	Excluded
Spanish	93007	Excluded	Excluded
Samoan	93010	Excluded	Excluded
Te Reo Māori	93003	Excluded	Excluded
Te Reo Rangatira	93009	Excluded	Excluded
Latin	93008	Excluded	Excluded
Music	93305	Part Excluded	Excluded
Graphics	93602	Excluded	Excluded	Excluded