Submitting work samples

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Stage 5 and Year 11

Schools will be contacted by NESA if they are required to submit work samples for Stage 5 and Year 11 courses. This will usually occur in Term 1. If schools are asked to provide work samples, instructions on how to upload the samples and associated assessment activities will be provided.

Year 12

For Year 12 English Studies, Mathematics Standard 1 and Numeracy CEC, all schools are required to upload a minimum of 2 work samples representing each A to E grade allocated to their current cohort, and a copy of the associated assessment activity. For example, if a school is only allocating grades B, C and D to students in the current cohort, they need to upload a minimum of 2work samples demonstrating achievement at grades B, C and D, and do not need to upload any work samples for grades A or E.

Work samples for Year 12 are to be uploaded in Schools Online when grades are entered for the course.

Work sample formats

Work samples and assessment activities must be in a format that can be uploaded electronically in Schools Online.

A work sample is any item of work completed by a student. It can be a response to a written or practical activity. For practical or performance activities, recordings of student work can be used, but the work sample must be the student’s work, not the teacher’s description of how the student performed.

Schools should not submit work samples that require students to use identifying personal information, such as job application activities.

Checklist for uploading student work samples

A minimum of 2 work samples representing achievement at the end of the course for each grade allocated to the current cohort
Indication of the grade each work sample represents, either on the work sample or in the file name
Copy of each relevant assessment activity
Any stimulus material or extracts that were given to students with the assessment activity
Information about the context of the activity (for example, in-class, submitted, time allowed, word limit)
Recordings of student work for any practical or performance activities
Images of student work for any submitted activities
Formats that can be uploaded electronically to Schools Online
Material that is clear and legible