VCE
Wash-up of exam fiasco could delay VCE results and prompt stream of student appeals
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority says it is on track to deliver ATAR results by December 12, but concedes tens of thousands of “grade checks” could push the date back.
- by Noel Towell
Latest
Students could lose marks over VCE exam breach
Victoria Curriculum and Assessment Authority boss Kylie White will leave her post immediately, as the education minister revealed early half of VCE exams were affected by the exam paper fiasco.
- by Caroline Schelle
Editorial
Editorial
Government cannot keep failing VCE students at exam time
Year after year there have been serious problems with exams. It is simply not good enough.
- The Age's View
Demands grow to review students’ marks after VCE exam leaks scandal
Students, experts and teachers say it’s untenable for the state’s exam authority to press on with grading compromised exam papers as normal.
- by Noel Towell
Opinion
Opinion
I’m in the middle of my VCE - this exam cover-up has sent the rumour mill wild
This education scandal has taught my generation of high school students to doubt whether working hard, acting with integrity and trusting authorities will pay off.
- by Saria Ratnam
Minister orders inquiry into VCE exam fiasco that advantaged thousands of students
The independent review is the second in two years into the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority after it previously published errors in exams.
- by Alex Crowe
Updated
High school
‘They knew the questions’: Students stunned, teachers fuming over VCE exam leak – by the government
The VCAA is in damage control after questions similar to those found “hidden” on sample VCE assessments turned up in the real exams.
- by Caroline Schelle, Alex Crowe and Gemma Grant
Copy, paste: What we know about the VCE exam fiasco
Thousands of VCE students could have taken their exams with a hidden advantage over their peers, after some questions were accidentally revealed online in advance.
- by Bridie Smith, Caroline Schelle and Alex Crowe
Opinion
Opinion
‘Ties are cut like an umbilical cord’: What I wish I’d known before my year 12 exams
I grew up hearing two theories about exam results – they mean nothing and they mean everything. One year on, I’m not sure either is right.
- by Daniel Cash
Opinion
Education
At school, they advised me to become a vet. They were so wrong
There’s so much pressure on school finishers to know what they want to do with their lives, but it’s a lifetime process.
- by Cherie Gilmour
How five students are managing stress ahead of their VCE exams
A study timetable, the pomodoro technique, exercising with friends: year 12 students in Melbourne share their tips on surviving the exam period.
- by Alex Crowe
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