Raw scores are the results of the individual assessment components of each subject. For example, say you have a raw score of 10.4 in Biology. This tells us where you sit in relation to other Biology students.
A TScore of 50 indicates a raw score equal to the mean. A T-Score of 40 indicates a raw score one standard deviation below the mean, while a T-Score of 65 indicates a raw score 1.5 standard deviations above the mean.
In order for your study scores to be added together to make up your ATAR, your raw study scores need to be scaled up or down by VTAC. A scaled study score takes into account the different levels of competition in different study areas, measured by how well the students in that subject performed in other subjects.
A scaled score is a representation of the total number of correct answers (also known as raw scores) a candidate has provided that has been converted onto a consistent and standardized scale. Scaled scores indicate the same level of performance, regardless of which form a candidate has received.
The ATAR is a number from 0 and 99.95 in intervals of 0.05. The highest rank is 99.95, the next highest 99.90, and so on. The lowest automatically reported rank is 30.00, with ranks below 30.00 being reported as 'less than 30'. Find out more about how ATARs are calculated.
Your ATAR is a rank, not a percentage
An ATAR is a rank given in increments of 0.05 between 0.0 and 99.95, meaning that a score of 75 puts you in the top 25 per cent of your state. This rank provides an easy method of comparison for institutions when selecting students for course entry.
Your rank is based on how you went compared to other Year 12 students. So even if your test scores are lower than you'd hoped, if you're still ranked in the top 20% of students, then you'll receive an ATAR of 80. As long as you try your best with what you have, chances are, you'll do better than you expect.
noun. : an individual's actual achievement score (as on a test) before being adjusted for relative position in the test group.
The basic score on any test is the raw score, which is simply the number of questions correct. You can interpret a raw score only in terms of a particular set of test questions. Unlike raw scores, you can interpret scale scores across different sets of test questions.
The raw score represents the number right out of the number possible. In other words, on a test where there are 25 questions, a student who answers 20 questions correctly receives a raw score of 20.
In NSW, your ATAR is based on an aggregate of scaled marks in 10 units of HSC courses comprising your: best 2 units of English. best 8 units from your remaining units, which can include no more than 2 units of Category B courses.
The raw mean score is always the 50th percentile. Educators can determine which scores correspond to a particularpercentile by relating percentile ranks to the normal curve. If a testhas a mean of 42, and a SD of 10, a score of 52 (+1 SD) is at the 84.13 percentile (50% + 34.13% =84.13%).
For example, you're told that if you're really serious about getting a high ATAR, you should choose subjects like physics and chemistry, because they'll scale your marks up. On the other hand, subjects like art and music are said to scale your marks down.
The raw study score is the ranking of your performance relative to all other students who studied the same subject that year. The median score is 30, which means if you have a raw study score of 30 then you have performed better than half of all students.
Raw scores are converted into standard scores, percentile ranks, and grade-equivalent scores for reporting. Standard Score: Standard scores are raw scores that have been converted to have a mean and a standard deviation.
Although not universally true, raw scores typically are the sum of correct responses out of the total possible correct responses. For example, on a scale containing 10 questions, a respondent may correctly answer 8. Therefore the respondent would achieve a raw score of 8.
A raw score is based on the number of items that were answered correctly on a test or a subtest. For example, if a subtest has 20 items and the child answered 14 of them correctly, the raw score is 14. This raw score is then converted to a standard score. Standard scores between 85-115 fall within the average range.
A 65 ATAR automatically qualifies you for entry into about half of Australia's universities. While your choices are somewhat limited, you should still be able to find a suitable course and receive an offer.
All you need to get 70 (pretty much), is get roughly 30 for each subject. So around the C+ and the B mark for exams and SAC's. But seriously, AIM WAY HIGHER BRO (lieks 90 or above), if u want to get to a Go8 uni.
It's based on overall HSC results and is designed to be a predictor of your first-year performance at university. So an ATAR of 70 doesn't mean you got 70 percent – it means that you're in the top 30 percent of your year group.
Approximately 500 students will get a 99 ATAR in states like Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Approximately 100 students score a 99 every year in Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, while approximately 40 students achieve this in the ACT.
In NSW in 2020, the minimum aggregate required to score an ATAR of 90 or above was approximately 370, corresponding to an average scaled score of 37 per unit across 10 units.
An ATAR of 100 is impossible
Because the ATAR is a rank (not a percentage or mark) and it's measured in increments of 0.05 the highest ATAR you could get is 99.95.
Chemistry: This is the highest-scaling science subject. It is also a prerequisite for some courses in particular medicine and so a lot of high-achieving students tend to take it. This means that it can be slightly more difficult to get a high raw score which is the reason Chemistry scales pretty highly.
To be eligible for an ATAR you need five General subjects, or four General subjects plus an Applied subject or VET qualification, so even if George withdraws from a subject (other than Essential English), he will qualify for an ATAR.