A new test aimed at improving equity and reducing 'coachability' has seen entry scores for most selective schools fall | pallavisinghal_
The minimum scores needed for entry into the state's selective schools have fallen by as much as 21 points this year after major changes to the test were implemented.
Students who sat the test in mid-March this year were the first to experience initial changes designed to make access to selective schools more equitable for disadvantaged students.
Christina Ho, an associate professor in social and political sciences at the University of Technology Sydney, said the fall in scores could be due to changes to the test as well as changes in demand for places at some schools."Obviously the overall fall is something that would be a product of changes to the test but it's hard to know why scores for some schools would have fallen by that much compared to other schools," she said.
Students can score a maximum of 300 points in the test, of which 200 are scaled test scores and 100 points are scaled school assessment marks.
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