The Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) was the national Australian tertiary entrance rank, administered by Universities Australia (previously called the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee). It was a percentile ranking, designed to simplify the comparison of entrance levels for students educated in different processes of admission for university applicants from interstate. It was replaced by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank from 2010.
Non-school-leaver university applicants were selected using other criteria: usually previous results, or results in the Special Tertiary Admissions Test.
Each state's university and government education authorities determined the method of calculation of the ENTER or state-equivalent for students from that state, due to the historical differences between different state's education systems. However, these decisions were co-ordinated to ensure that the necessary equivalence is maintained (i.e. so that an ENTER of 90.00 from Victoria would indicate a sufficiently similar degree of attainment as a UAI of 90.00 from New South Wales, in spite of the differences in each rank's methods of application.)
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The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) was the authority responsible for conducting assessments in Victoria. It determined Study Scores for each Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Unit 3/4 subject successfully completed by a student, ranging from 0 to 50. It also determined whether a student had "satisfactorily" completed the VCE.
For all students who satisfactorily completed the VCE, and who meet certain other criteria for receiving an ENTER, VCAA provided the students' Subject Study Scores to the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). VTAC then scaled the Subject Study Scores to allow for cross-study calculations - that is, the Study Scores were adjusted up or down to take into account the strength of competition amongst the cohort of students studying the subject that year. Scaling was undertaken to ensure that each subject contributes equally to the ENTER. In other words, a 25 in English was equivalent to a 25 in Mathematical Methods or a 25 in any other VCE subject. The scaled Study Scores are referred to as ENTER subject scores.
VTAC determines an ENTER for each student who satisfactorily completed at least one subject in the current year, and who had obtained VCE Study Scores in an English study and at least three other studies in an allowable combination at the Unit 3 & 4 level.
A student's overall ENTER was calculated as the total of:
The ENTER subject score in an English subject (one of English, English Language, Literature or English as a Second Language)(any one of these subjects was compulsory for the VCE))
The ENTER subject scores of the next three best subjects (the English study and these constituted the Primary Four)
Plus an increment of 10% of the next best two subjects (if available).
Candidates were ranked in order of these aggregates. The ENTER was the percentile ranking of each student's position on this list in steps of 0.05 ranging from 0.00 to 99.95. For instance, an ENTER of 80.00 indicated that the aggregate was higher than 80% of aggregates. Each 0.05 rank typically contained around 20 students, depending on the number of students in the cohort each year.
Ranks less than 30.00 were typically only disclosed as "less than 30", as the exact ranking at this low level was not deemed educationally useful and may have been demoralising to the recipient.
equivalent, national, tertiary, entrance, rank, enter, national, australian, tertiary, entrance, rank, administered, universities, australia, previously, called, australian, vice, chancellors, committee, percentile, ranking, designed, simplify, comparison, ent. The Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank ENTER was the national Australian tertiary entrance rank administered by Universities Australia previously called the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee It was a percentile ranking designed to simplify the comparison of entrance levels for students educated in different processes of admission for university applicants from interstate It was replaced by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank from 2010 Contents 1 Equivalence 2 Calculation 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEquivalence editThe term ENTER was only used in Victoria 1998 2009 although the actual rank was identical and equivalent to the Universities Admission Index UAI used in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and to the Tertiary Entrance Rank TER used in South Australia the Northern Territory Tasmania and Western Australia Queensland used a different system called the Overall Position OP but conversion tables were published each year to convert the OP to or from an ENTER Non school leaver university applicants were selected using other criteria usually previous results or results in the Special Tertiary Admissions Test Each state s university and government education authorities determined the method of calculation of the ENTER or state equivalent for students from that state due to the historical differences between different state s education systems However these decisions were co ordinated to ensure that the necessary equivalence is maintained i e so that an ENTER of 90 00 from Victoria would indicate a sufficiently similar degree of attainment as a UAI of 90 00 from New South Wales in spite of the differences in each rank s methods of application Calculation editThe Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority VCAA was the authority responsible for conducting assessments in Victoria It determined Study Scores for each Victorian Certificate of Education VCE Unit 3 4 subject successfully completed by a student ranging from 0 to 50 It also determined whether a student had satisfactorily completed the VCE For all students who satisfactorily completed the VCE and who meet certain other criteria for receiving an ENTER VCAA provided the students Subject Study Scores to the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre VTAC VTAC then scaled the Subject Study Scores to allow for cross study calculations that is the Study Scores were adjusted up or down to take into account the strength of competition amongst the cohort of students studying the subject that year Scaling was undertaken to ensure that each subject contributes equally to the ENTER In other words a 25 in English was equivalent to a 25 in Mathematical Methods or a 25 in any other VCE subject The scaled Study Scores are referred to as ENTER subject scores VTAC determines an ENTER for each student who satisfactorily completed at least one subject in the current year and who had obtained VCE Study Scores in an English study and at least three other studies in an allowable combination at the Unit 3 amp 4 level A student s overall ENTER was calculated as the total of The ENTER subject score in an English subject one of English English Language Literature or English as a Second Language any one of these subjects was compulsory for the VCE The ENTER subject scores of the next three best subjects the English study and these constituted the Primary Four Plus an increment of 10 of the next best two subjects if available additional studies such as Vocational Education and Training VET or tertiary extension studies may also have been considered Candidates were ranked in order of these aggregates The ENTER was the percentile ranking of each student s position on this list in steps of 0 05 ranging from 0 00 to 99 95 For instance an ENTER of 80 00 indicated that the aggregate was higher than 80 of aggregates Each 0 05 rank typically contained around 20 students depending on the number of students in the cohort each year Ranks less than 30 00 were typically only disclosed as less than 30 as the exact ranking at this low level was not deemed educationally useful and may have been demoralising to the recipient See also editTertiary Entrance Rank Universities Admission Index Victorian Certificate of Education Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre List of admissions tests University admission Australian Tertiary Admission Rank ATAR Bored of StudiesReferences editABC of Scaling PDF Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre December 2005 External links editVTAC publication ENTER Into Tertiary Courses PDF Special Tertiary Admissions Test Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank amp oldid 1153530871, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
