NCEA Report by Professor Paul Black 2000
Professor Paul Black of King's College, London, was invited to write a report on the proposals for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement in 2000. This page provides a summary and analysis of Professor Black's report, and the report itself is available for download below.
3 The Need for National Certificates to Mark Particular Credit Aggregation
The argument here rests on setting particular values on particular numbers of standards, specifically the use of 80 credits as the key point of transaction.
There is at present no certificate level aggregation in School Certificate or Sixth Form Certificate. In Bursary the university entrance requirement of 3 Grade `C's offers an aggregation for a specific purpose. The alternative to this would mean that the student is provided with simply the record of learning. The aggregation provides a convenience for potential users. As the Certificates are introduced the use of the Certificate level aggregation versus the more detailed record of learning, and the uses made of various reporting formats, will be monitored.