[Year 12 IT Apps] 2010 ITA examiners' report

[Robert Hind]

Paula,

Could you arrange for the Chief Examiner to comment through you? Perhaps there has been a "typo" in producing the Examiners' Report. Perhaps a mistake was made originally.

But it should be cleared up.

Robert Hind (Semi-retired) OOF, GOM
Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christophersen, Paula P 
  To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:42 PM
  Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] 2010 ITA examiners' report


  Dear Mark and colleagues

   

  All assessors are required not to discuss any matters dealing with the marking of the papers - this applies to every study.

   

  Regards

  Paula

   

  Paula Christophersen

  ICT Curriculum Manager

  VCAA

  41 St Andrews Place

  EAST MELBOURNE 3002

  (03) 9651 4378


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  From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Scott
  Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011 1:02 PM
  To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
  Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] 2010 ITA examiners' report

   

  Cab anybody who marked the VCAA papers confirm that this was indeed the answer that they were supplied with to mark the papers?

   

  Pls reply to Mark K or myself (and not to the whole group) and we will keep your identity anonymous. 

   

  Mark Scott

  Luther College

   

  From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
  Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:09 PM
  To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
  Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] 2010 ITA examiners' report

   

  From the 2010 ITA Exam - Question 5B.  I have a belated complaint now that I've seen the examiner's official answer in the assessment report.

  Can someone please point out if I'm wrong, but I think they've badly messed up the answer, and kids will have unfairly lost up to 4 marks.

  >From the PERT chart ...


  They asked for a corresponding Gantt chart. Their solution was this:



  It's obvious in the PERT that tasks A and B are concurrent.  B is not dependent on A!  
  Yet in their Gantt, they've clearly shown task B as being dependent on A.
  Then, they went on to leave out fact that that tasks E and D were also dependent on task B through the dummy task.

  I hate to think that my kids lost marks because of these errors by the examiners. 
  It's too late to re-mark exams, but it really makes me worry that markers can be given such dodgy official answers when grading papers.

  Grrrrr!


  -- 
  Mark Kelly
  Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
  McKinnon Secondary College
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