SecQual

Reviews and Reconsiderations
S2010/002 - 19 Jan 2010

Once candidates have received their marked 2009 examination answer booklets, they may approach teachers for advice and guidance about applying for a review or reconsideration. The following information is designed to assist schools with this process.

Review

Candidates may need to be reminded that a review is appropriate for a processing error, such as a wrongly transcribed grade, and that there is no fee for this service.

Reconsideration

In a reconsideration, the entire answer booklet is remarked against the assessment schedule. The relevant judgement statements arising out of the assessment schedule for each standard are published on the NZQA website and reference to these will assist candidates applying for a reconsideration in understanding the achievement criteria.

Reconsideration Fees

If the reconsideration is successful the fee paid for that standard will be refunded.

Level 3 and Scholarship Visual Arts

Candidates and teachers are reminded that the process for reconsideration of Level 3 and Scholarship Visual Arts results differs from that of other standards. Details of the process can be found on the Visual Arts resource page. The Application for Reconsideration form is available below.

Reconsideration form doc (DOC, 434KB)

Reconsideration form pdf (PDF, 60KB)

From 2010, the due dates for Visual Arts Reconsideration applications is consistent with all other NCEA and Scholarship subjects.

Timeline

Marked NCEA answer booklets are scheduled to be posted to candidates from 18 January, with papers delivered over the following fortnight. The final date for receipt of any applications for NCEA Levels 1-3 reviews and reconsiderations is 19 February 2010, but candidates should be encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Scholarship answer booklets will be sent to candidates with their result notice in mid-February. The final date for Scholarship reviews and reconsiderations is 12 March 2010.

Applications received after these dates will not be considered.

Answer booklets sent back to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority for a review or reconsideration will be processed in batches. If a candidates result changes as part of this process, they will be able to access their results on the website and a revised result notice will be sent in April 2010. Full details of these processes were included in candidates results packages.

Assessment Schedules and Assessment Reports will not be published until after all reconsideration processes are complete. These will be published as soon as possible after 19 February for NCEA and 12 March for Scholarship.

Enquiries

Please refer any enquiries relating to this circular to your School Relationship Manager.

School Relationship Manager
Secondary Assessment and Liaison
Telephone: 04 463 3000
Fax: 04 463 3113
Email: firstname.lastname@nzqa.govt.nz