What must I do to get my VCE?

To get the VCE you need to satisfy the VCE program requirements described in About the VCE.

Your school will decide whether or not you have satisfactorily completed the units in your VCE program. Satisfactory completion is reported as an ‘S’. Not meeting the requirements for satisfactory completion is reported as an ‘N’.

Each unit of VCE study has a set of outcomes that must be achieved in order to get an ‘S’ result for that unit. The outcomes describe what you are expected to know and be able to do by the time you have completed the unit. Outcomes include key knowledge and skills. Each unit of a VCE study has between two and four outcomes.

 

How will I be assessed in Units 1 and 2?

Assessment in Units 1 and 2 is school-based. Your teachers will set a range of assessment tasks to see how you are progressing. These tasks will have deadlines and you need to have a very good reason for extending a deadline, so you should plan well to get all your work done on time. If you fail to meet your school’s deadlines you may not satisfactorily complete a unit.

For Units 1 and 2, as well as giving you an ‘S’ or ‘N’ for units some schools may also give you a grade for your assessment tasks. These grades will not be reported to the VCAA.

 

How will I be assessed in Units 3 and 4?

For Units 3 and 4, you will get grades for your assessment tasks as well as the ‘S’ or ‘N’ for the satisfactory completion of a unit.

In each VCE study there are three graded assessments at the Units 3 and 4 level, either:

or

Every VCE study has at least one examination.

At the Units 3 and 4 level the VCAA supervises the assessment of all students – both at the school and in the examinations.

A similar process of assessment applies to scored VCE VET programs, that is, they have a school assessment and an examination. Your school will be able to tell you which VCE VET programs are scored.

 

Types of assessment in Units 3 and 4

In the VCE there are two kinds of assessment in Units 3 and 4.

The first kind is assessment done at school. Your teachers will set assessment tasks that are done mainly in class time. These are often referred to as SACs or SATs (officially known as School-assessed Coursework or School-assessed Tasks).

The second kind is the examination/s in each VCE study. These can be written, oral, performance or electronic. Most are held in November, but a small number of studies have examinations in June or October.

For all forms of assessment, both school assessment and examinations, the VCAA has careful procedures to ensure that all schools throughout the state are marking to the same standard. They involve statistical procedures and multiple checks on each aspect of your assessment. The GAT is part of this process.