Be on a VCE examination development panel

• Leads the other panel members
• Coordinates panel meetings
• Oversees panel responses during the development process and responds to any queries about the examination
• Makes sure the examination is accurate, meets examination specifications and is consistent with the study design requirements

• Writes questions and answers
• Reviews all examination materials
• Attends scheduled panel meetings
• Responds to reviewer reports
• Proofreads and signs off the examination (as required)

• Confirms the accuracy of the theoretical and technical content of the examination
• Checks that the examination is consistent with the study design requirements
• Writes an examination report on the accuracy of the examination content, including diagrams, wording of questions, level of demand, ability to discriminate across the ability range and weighting of different areas of the curriculum against the examination specifications

• Sits the examination, providing answers and working for all multiple-choice and short-answer questions
• Provides an answer plan for extended responses
• Writes an examination report, including comments on the clarity of questions, wording and instructions, the accuracy of content, level of difficulty, timing and space allocated for responses

History: Revolutions Context Reviewer (four positions)

• Must be an expert in one of the four contexts studied: American, French, Russian, Chinese

Ancient History Context Reviewer (three positions)

• Must be an expert in one of the three contexts studied: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome

• Checks that the language and terminology used within the paper is accessible to students who do not have English as their first language
• Writes an examination report
• Must have relevant qualifications and considerable expertise in writing for students who do not have English as their first language

• Appointed for each language with a listening component
• Reads the examination script in the target language.