Assessment and Examination Rules and Procedures for Secondary Schools - 2010
4.4.1 Further Assessment Opportunities
A maximum of one further opportunity for assessment of a standard can be provided within a year where manageable.
It is not compulsory for a further assessment opportunity to be offered.
Eligibility for a further opportunity
- If a further opportunity for assessment is offered to any student, it must be made available to all students entered for that standard, regardless of their performance on the first opportunity.
- All students must be able to:
- use the further opportunity to improve their original grade
- access the further opportunity, if they wish, including those who did not complete the original assessment for an acceptable reason, as determined by the school’s policy on missed and late assessment.
- use the further opportunity to improve their original grade
- Students are not entitled to a further assessment opportunity where they have chosen for unacceptable reasons not to take the first opportunity.
Results of a further opportunity
- Students must be awarded the highest grade they have achieved over both opportunities:
- If a student does not achieve the standard on the first attempt, they must have access to any grade from Not Achieved to Excellence on their second attempt.
- If a student achieves a lower grade on the second attempt, the higher grade achieved on the first attempt is the result that must be reported to NZQA.
Manageability of a further opportunity
- If a student does not achieve the standard on the first attempt, they must have access to any grade from Not Achieved to Excellence on their second attempt.
- It is the school’s decision whether a further opportunity will be offered for any standard. If it is not manageable to offer a further opportunity, then students should be advised from the outset that there is only one opportunity to be assessed against that standard.
Conditions of assessment during further opportunities
- Conditions of assessment during a further opportunity must be consistent with those for the first opportunity. Inability to provide the same conditions for the second opportunity would be a reason to make only one opportunity available in the year.
4. General Assessment Rules and Procedures
4.1 Timing of Assessments
4.2 Fees
4.2.1 Financial assistance
4.3 Candidate Eligibility
4.4 Assessment Opportunities for internal assessment
4.4.1 Further Assessment Opportunities
4.4.2 Resubmission
4.4.3 Collection of evidence
4.4.4 Recognition of competency
4.5.1 Breaches of the Rules - External Assessment
4.5.2 Review of a Breach of the Rules decision
4.6 Breaches of the Rules - Internal Assessment
4.7 Reporting
4.8 Use of Technology and Equipment for Assessment Purposes
4.9 Assessment Specifications
4.10 Translation of External Assessments and Moderation Materials
Last updated: 27 January 2010