<div dir="ltr">For those who are interested in such things, here are links to VCAA's report on grade distributions for 2013 <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/2013/section3/vce_it_software_development_ga13.pdf">Software Development</a> and <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/2013/section3/vce_it_applications_ga13.pdf">IT Applications</a>.<div>
<br></div><div><b>Fun Facts</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>SD</b> - in the exam there were 1195 males (95%) and 66 females. Total = 1260 students</div><div><br></div><div>For Unit 3 SACS - Interestingly, while more females (11%) than males (6%) got a D+, more females (19%) than males (14%) got A+. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Unit 4 SAC results were similar - girls outperformed boys in every grade >= B+.</div><div><br></div><div>The exam numbers were also interesting - 15% of girls got an A, compared to 10% of boys, but boys did a bit better when it came to getting A+.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><b>ITA</b> - in the exam there were 1991 males (84%) and 371 females. Total = 2362 students.</div><div>The boys and girls were remarkably similar in grades for Unit 3 SACs, though the girls did slightly better.</div>
<div>For Unit 4 SACs and in the exam, the girls again did slightly better than the boys in the higher grade ranges.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div>
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