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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Mark and colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Firstly, thank you Mark for your apology and for your public support of everyone involved in the development and maintenance of VCE IT. Secondly, in response to the queries posted
by Mark, I provide the following information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">In IT apps, the Unit 4 Outcome 2 statement requires students to address more than one organisation. In the conduct of the coursework audit in 2011 this requirement was taken into
consideration when determining if tasks were compliant. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">In Software Development, the Unit 4 Outcome 2 statement requires students to address more than one solution. In the conduct of the coursework audit in 2011 this requirement was
taken into consideration when determining if tasks were compliant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">One of the key purposes of coursework audit is to support teachers in the delivery of the study design, and this is particularly so in the first year of implementation, hence the
assessment reports. Final audit recommendations are based on 'on-balance' decisions, taking into account the task (alignment with the study design, ability to discriminate performance, level of assistance), and the marking scheme (links to task, links to the
study design). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Paula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Paula Christophersen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">ICT Curriculum Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">(03) 9651 4378<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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