For teachers entering final internal results please note:

  • A full set of ratings for students completing any TASC-accredited course is expected.
    • That is, a rating must1 be entered against each of the criteria.
  • Partial entry of ratings is not valid.
    • Partial entry of ratings is where results against some criteria are entered but others are left blank. If a student has provided no evidence against one or more of the course criteria, it must be entered as ‘z’.
  • If NO results at all are entered for a course (that is, all ratings are left blank), then this course will not appear on the student’s Statement of Results from TASC.
    • A teacher can leave all ratings blank for students who may have withdrawn from their course late in the year but are still appearing in the data entry reporting system for internal resulting.
  1. the ONLY exception to this is for MSM315120 Music 3. This course has optional criteria and a rating is entered against the relevant options. ↩︎

Each year, schools are required to report students’ final internal ratings to TASC in Term 4. The reporting and verification period aligns with the written exam period and ensures the correct internal ratings are included in students’ statements of results.

For details about the submission and verification process, see the dedicated webpage for information on the Final internal rating submission and verification process.

Schools must run an Internal Ratings Verification Report during the verification period to confirm that all entered ratings are correct.

The reports are downloadable as PDFs at the TASC course level, i.e. Level 3 and Level 4 courses and as a separate report for Level 1, 2 and Preliminary courses.

If corrections for any of the internal ratings are required, it is the responsibility of school to ensure that the corrections are made before the closing date of the verification period.

See the dedicated webpage for information on the final internal rating submission and verification process – Final internal rating submission and verification

A printable resource about the verification period is available for schools to share with staff. Please note, there is a different information sheet for Government schools and Catholic and independent schools.

TASC-accredited senior secondary courses identify the learning outcomes to be assessed and their related standards. The number of learning outcomes assessed and the way standards are defined varies between courses. Students are assigned ratings, one rating for each of the assessed learning outcomes. Some courses have a scale or range of ratings (e.g. ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’) defined by the standards. Other courses have only a ‘C’ rating (e.g. ‘satisfactory’ standard) defined.

Qualifications (certificates and results statements) are issued by TASC at the end of a year. A qualification includes the Course Name, Level and the overall Award achieved. The Award is based on levels of achievement (ratings) on the set of a course’s assessed learning outcomes. The Award requirements are defined within individual course documents. When there is an external assessment component, ratings from both the external and internal assessment are used to decide an Award.

The overall Award students can receive for a TASC course are:

EA – Exceptional Achievement
HA – High Achievement
CA – Commendable Achievement
SA – Satisfactory Achievement
PA – Preliminary Achievement
LA – Limited Achievement (previously recorded as NN).

Once teaching and learning has commenced some students may want to move to a different level course. This may lead to a learner moving, for example, from a Level 2 to a Level 3 course in the same learning area, or from a Level 3 to a Level 2 course. In such cases providers must:

  • give careful consideration to the re-assessment of previously completed assessment tasks against the criterion/ia and standards of the ‘new’ course
  • ensure that all the course contents and work requirements of the ‘new’ course are completed by the learner
  • be mindful of the impact of such changes on TASC quality assurance requirements and processes

It is expected that movement of students between courses would be completed early in the academic year as individuals’ needs become apparent. Early intervention is required so as to give learners as much time as possible to complete course contents and work requirements, and to have adequate opportunities for formative and summative assessments against the criterion/ia and standards of the ‘new’ course.

See Course movements for information and closing dates.