| Students can pick and choose assessments (A la carte) within courses |
Assessment is almost always compulsory and you need to do all assessments to pass |
| Lots of teacher support |
Less teacher/lecturer support (but it is there!) |
| NCEA Achievement Standards break subjects into discrete parts for assessment |
Holistic assessment is common, need to know the whole course |
| Grades are Achieved; Merit; Excellence |
% based assessment; A-E grades |
| Writing is often instrumental to pass a standard |
Academic writing can be more about developing a critical, creative argument, not reaching a standard. |
| Students can re-sit assessments |
No re-sits |
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