External assessment results
External assessment results, except for those provisionally marked by schools, are entered by NZQA and become live so that schools can see them in the middle of January.
Provisional and final results for Level 1 and 2 Visual Arts are entered by schools through the school portal.
Derived grade results
Schools need to provide valid, standard-specific evidence for all external entries (such as results from a formal practice assessment) in case a candidate needs to apply for a derived grade. If there is no evidence available, students cannot make a derived grade application.
Schools submit these expected grades to NZQA via the data submission process.
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Internal assessment results
Schools send internal assessment results to NZQA via data submissions from March through till end of February of the following year.
These are processed overnight and become live in the MyNZQA learner portal so students can view them. Only results for assessments that have been through the internal moderation process are to be reported to NZQA.
If a candidate has presented work or evidence for assessment, or had an adequate opportunity to achieve (consistent with the school's internal assessment procedures), the outcome of that assessment must be reported to NZQA as either:
- Not Achieved (N)
- Achieved (A)
- Merit (M)
- Excellence (E)
It is important that schools check the accuracy of this information. Some school systems require teachers to sign off results before each submission.
Reported results can also be viewed under Reports in the MyNZQA school portal. NZQA uses these reported results to award qualifications.
Candidates can view their reported results online. There's an appeal system in place if there have been any misreported assessment results.
If the standard has been assessed by a provider other than the enrolling school, then it is important that the study/assessing provider code is included in the entry data submitted. The entry must identify the organisation:
- whose Consent to Assess is being used
- that undertakes the assessment and awards the grade to the student
- whose appeal procedures and other assessment procedures are being used
- that attests that the student work is authentic
- that is responsible for all aspects of internal moderation
- that is responsible for ensuring samples of student achievement are adequately stored to meet external moderation requirements and to respond to student appeals
- that has the responsibility for health and safety, providing adequate facilities, ensuring staff are suitably qualified, and making sure there are adequate teaching and learning resources and support services for students.
The school must ensure that it uses the correct provider code for an assessor.
If an external study/assessing provider code is submitted for an entry, then a memorandum of understanding (MoU) must be in place.
Amending results already reported to NZQA
Each data file submission updates the previous submission, so changes that need to be made overwrite previously reported results.
After file submissions have closed in early December and been processed, we open a web-based login so schools can report late results and make any amendments. Entries must be made against individual candidates, so it's time-consuming to enter large volumes of data by this process.
This access closes in early March. After this time, all changes need to be made through a school's NZQA School Relationship Manager.
Withdrawals from internal standards
Withdrawals from internal standards can only be made if students have had inadequate opportunities for assessment.
Schools can't lodge withdrawals from internal standards after their December data file submission. This means that a positive result is expected by NZQA for any standards in which a candidate is still entered. Leaving an entry blank will signal that the school hasn't reported a result.
Releasing results to tertiary institutions
NZQA releases senior secondary student results to tertiary institutions in New Zealand and Australia so they can process applications for entry into courses.
The release is allowed through the Tertiary Release Indicator that is active in your school management system (SMS). If a student doesn't want to have their data released, they need to let NZQA know either by the school indicating on their SMS or contacting NZQA directly.