The Selective High School Placement Score is a mark out of 120. This mark is used to rank candidates applying for selective high school placement. The mark is calculated based on weighted scaled test score out of 100 and moderated school assessment score out of 20. Students who do not have school assessment scores are considered on the basis of their test scores alone. Where students have a test score and have no school assessment scores, their score out of 100 is recalculated to be a score out of 120. This has the effect of assuming that the student’s school assessment score, had it been provided, would have shown the student to be performing at school as they did in the test. The relative weighting of the school assessment scores has changed. In previous years the school assessment scores had a higher weighting so the effect of not having school assessment scores on the calculated placement score has lessened. Raw tests scores will be scaled to reduce the variability in test question difficulty.

• The minimum entry score for a selective high school is the test score of the lowest scoring student to accept a place there.
• Please note that the geographical location of the schools can affect the minimum entry score too.
• Parents should not use minimum entry scores as the only criterion to choose selective high schools. They should also consider the curriculum offered of each school and transport.

Source: bettereducation.com.au