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Special Assessment Conditions - Extra Writing Time Option

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A student who is entitled to Computer or Writer assistance may opt to request Extra Writing Time instead for assessments in selected subjects where using a computer or writer may not be easy.

For exams in these subjects the student must be entered in NCEA for more than two standards or entered for Scholarship, and not already entitled to Extra Writing Time. The student must select the whole session, not standard by standard.

This option does not apply if the student is using a Computer as a result of the Computer Notification process.

For internal time-bound assessments extra time should be offered in the same subjects and levels where it suits, at the rate of 10 minutes per hour.

This also applies, as appropriate, to Common Assessment Task assessments, including MCAT.

NCEA Subjects and Levels	NZ Scholarship Subjects
Accounting L1, L2 and L3	Scholarship Accounting
Biology L1, L2 and L3	Scholarship Biology
Calculus L3	Scholarship Calculus
Chemistry L1, L2 and L3	Scholarship Chemistry
Economics L1, L2 and L3	Scholarship Economics
Earth and Space Science L2 and L3	Scholarship Earth and Space Science
Geography L1, L2 and L3	Scholarship Geography
Mathematics and Statistics L1 and L2	Scholarship Physics
Making Music L3	Scholarship Statistics
Music L1 and L2
Physics L1, L2 and L3
Statistics L3
Science L1

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Special Assessment Conditions - Extra Writing Time Option

NCEA Subjects and Levels

NZ Scholarship Subjects