Course performance descriptors
Course performance descriptors have been developed for each Stage 5 Board Developed course.
For Board Endorsed School Developed Courses and Content Endorsed Courses, such as Physical Activity & Sports Studies and Marine & Aquaculture Technology, the Common Grade Scale should be used.
The descriptors describe the main features of a typical student's performance at each grade measured against the syllabus objectives and outcomes for the course. Click on a subject in the table below to see the course performance descriptors for that subject.
In applying these descriptors, teachers should interpret them in terms of standards that can be achieved by School Certificate students within the bounds of the course. It is not intended that the course performance descriptors represent a checklist, or provide a comprehensive description of student performance at each grade level. The descriptor that provides the best overall description of the student's achievement, at the end of Stage 5, will determine the grade awarded.
The course performance descriptors are available for each subject in two formats - Acrobat pdf and Microsoft Word. Each file is 3-4 pages long.
To view the course performance descriptors for a course, please click on the format you require in the table below: