Queensland Studies Authority

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Georgia Ross
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2020-09-13 23:15

you deserve 0 stars. your assessments are not a tr...

you deserve 0 stars. your assessments are not a true representation on what us grade 12 students have been taught. you have achieved nothing except have hundreds of the class of 2020 end up with severely poor mental health, resulting in anxiety and depression. shame on you, you clearly do not have t...

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Liam Bakker
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2020-08-25 09:37

My recommendation is to just drop out in year 10 t...

My recommendation is to just drop out in year 10 to save the severe anxiety and depressing states you will experience while going through this train wreck of an ATAR system. so far the highlight of my life will be leaving this terrible system behind.

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Kate Parsons
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2020-07-27 06:54

Using a different style of marking guide for the e...

Using a different style of marking guide for the external exams without any kind of consultation or warning for students until mock exams 4 weeks out from externals was an extremely inconsiderate call and shows that the QCAA does not prioritise the success of students.

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Caitlin Murray
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2020-07-15 15:34

what the flying hell was that english exam. MACDUF...

what the flying hell was that english exam. MACDUFF?? YOUVE BEEN TELLING US FOR TWO YEARS TO PREP FOR AMBITION AND LADY MACBETH QUESTIONS. this isn t fair. lower the pass rate. WHY would you change the system suddenly with zero space to acclimate students. you have ruined my senior years. i haven t ...

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Elizabeth Pink Productions
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2020-07-06 05:08

If you are going to make externals that hard at le...

If you are going to make externals that hard at least give us mocks the same difficulty level. Particularly for the maths exams (specialist very much so) were 10x harder than the mocks and had one of the smartest girls in my grade crying. Not to mention those Macbeth questions... Hard work seems poi...

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Kaitlyn Grealey
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2020-07-02 18:39

They claim that they want to see us succeed yet th...

They claim that they want to see us succeed yet the exams they write and their decisions say otherwise. Worst experience I ve had in my schooling career. These people have destroyed education. Learning new things was meant to be joyful, QCAA obviously don t think that.

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Anitta Akkamparambil
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2020-07-01 17:52

honestly can't even give them a 1 star.

honestly can't even give them a 1 star.
Changing the syllabus would have been fine, but the way they implemented the change was horrible. we have been brought up doing the OP system our whole high school life, and then all of a sudden in our senior we are getting tested is a completely different wa...

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OnionMuncher
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2020-06-27 07:34

Unbelievable that a group this incompetent has bee...

Unbelievable that a group this incompetent has been tasked with managing the education of the children of an entire state. Their mismanagement of the first few cohorts of students under the ATAR system has been the cause of declining mental health in our state and as we will soon see, a drastic decl...

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Eliza Orenshaw
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2020-06-26 00:07

QCAA making promises and failing to deliver since ...

QCAA making promises and failing to deliver since their beginning. How is it, with so much time given to people writing, moderating and approving the assessments, that they have failed to be relevant to the curriculum, failed to compare to the mock exams, and effectively caused a state wide graduati...

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Sad Boi
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2020-06-23 06:21

An organisation focused more on following policies...

An organisation focused more on following policies and procedures then actually making Year 12 students feel supported and able to effectively complete their schooling. Give out external exams questions based on nothing previously practiced or implemented in the classroom. Y'all can't sleep when the...

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Noverain Romana
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2020-06-18 03:55

Honestly If i could give less than one star I woul...

Honestly If i could give less than one star I would. External exams seems like they have been set up for 2020 year 12 students to fail. Exam questions were irrelevant and completely deviates from the significant part of the topics. Considering Year 12 students are literally the guinea pigs for this ...

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Caitlin Brummell
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2020-06-06 20:44

A poor example of an 'education system, setting up...

A poor example of an 'education system, setting up kids to fail and then wondering why suicide rates are so high. Teachers aren't allowed to share practise exam answers which is stupid because there's no other way to learn other than knowing the answers. Pathetic excuse of a curriculum.

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Leslie M
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2020-06-03 12:38

As a Year 10 student, I believe the management of ...

As a Year 10 student, I believe the management of assessments and student feedback is to be frank, woeful. Certainly, they have a lot to learn from other nations when it comes to education. Same could be said about this matter federally. Needs a total revamp.

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Appreciation
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2020-06-01 13:53

QCAA needs to explain why exams for Maths/Science ...

QCAA needs to explain why exams for Maths/Science subjects are spread out, while HASS subjects are generally not.

Also, why are marks for assessment items rounded down and then in some cases rounded down again when the results are tallied and scored?

PS Some of the sample assessment pieces had...

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maya k
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2020-05-25 14:12

Your tactless implementation of this new system ha...

Your tactless implementation of this new system has destroyed my mental health, and that of the people around me. There was a time that every day for about a month, I would have really awful panic attacks before coming to school because I couldn't cope with the sudden change of the system. I can't e...

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Aussie Wren
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2020-05-22 10:26

As a parent of a 2020 graduating student I have wi...

As a parent of a 2020 graduating student I have witnessed the decline in her mental health, and subsequent decline in physical health. Whilst the majority of her School has been supportive, those focused purely on academia have failed time and time again to acknowledge the impact the events the last...

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Noah Bradnum
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2020-05-03 05:30

Dear QCAA

Dear QCAA
You make everything hurt even more than it has to.
PS, who ever wrote the Macbeth questions I'm coming for you and your family.

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Jack Redacted
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2020-05-01 22:36

I hope you sleep well knowing you ve screwed over ...

I hope you sleep well knowing you ve screwed over an entire graduating class with your disregard for student perspective. Your incredibly flawed move to a new system couldn t have been executed any worse, successfully driving state wide anxiety in the vast majority of students.

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El Gee
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2020-04-08 11:10

Worst meal I've eaten in a long time. My barcode s...

Worst meal I've eaten in a long time. My barcode sticker was probably the highlight, the staples being the real drag in both flavour and texture. The rules they enforce are rather bizarre, making me put my drink on the floor and carry my belongings in a plastic bag like I'm some kind of terrorist. T...

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Ren
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2020-04-06 00:26

Had I been able to leave 0stars I would. We love t...

Had I been able to leave 0stars I would. We love the messed up Macbeth questions on the EA which didn't follow what we've been taught all year and the general math questions that are on par with extension math. Thank you Qcaa you truly gave me another reason to die soon

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Ethan Harry
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2020-03-22 04:55

I don't get what everyone is saying is so bad abou...

I don't get what everyone is saying is so bad about it. I love having my future tossed around and basically none of my teachers, let alone me know what's really happening. It's great fun 10/10 Thank You For A Great 2 Years Miss Welton

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MetaMyra
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2020-03-07 22:28

The QCAA system has been nothing but vague and has...

The QCAA system has been nothing but vague and has lacked ANY form of clarity to students and teachers
The spreading out of the externals also strike me. Does it really make sense that someone who has all 6 exams in the first week will perform as well as someone who has their exams liberally spread...

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Charlotte Mundy
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2020-03-07 21:04

A flawed confusing system that was implemented in ...

A flawed confusing system that was implemented in a dodgy manner. Impossible and irrelevant questions on all the exams because they love to see us fail and go nowhere in life. They aren t setting us up for success rather setting us up for failure. Can t wait to see how harshly they mark everything w...

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Akira
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2020-03-05 23:29

I wish I could give a score less than 1 star. From...

I wish I could give a score less than 1 star. From what I have seen, heard and experienced QCAA and their method of implementation of the new ATAR system is simply appalling. The exemplars for their ideal assessment that was not reflective of their confusing marking scheme. What QCAA deemed to be 20...

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panga licious
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2020-02-26 21:46

Ah, QCAA. They re incompetent. They make life desp...

Ah, QCAA. They re incompetent. They make life despondent. They change their minds every day. Not good at anything in any way. They don t listen to anyone s feedback. Their external exam questions are all out of whack. Rewriting the syllabus a million times. But its QCAA, are we even surprised?

Oh...

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Larissa Espig
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2020-02-21 00:23

i hope you sleep well knowing you ve screwed over ...

i hope you sleep well knowing you ve screwed over an entire graduating class with your disregard for student perspective. your incredibly flawed move to a new system couldn t have been executed any worse, successfully driving state wide anxiety in the vast majority of students. p.s the questions for...

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Thomas
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2020-01-25 02:21

Would recommend avoiding at all costs. Move out of...

Would recommend avoiding at all costs. Move out of the state if need be. They had two years to make sure everything was going to ensure we students had a chance of passing, however with only a few weeks before exams we were told that they weren't happy with the science practice exams and basically s...

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You Pig
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2020-01-23 15:23

Idk about anyone else but the food here is awful. ...

Idk about anyone else but the food here is awful. Yeah when you sit down to eat your name is on the table but the food, it tastes like paper at best. Worst of all the waiters have a complete disregard for food safety standards especially as we are in a global pandemic they serve food without plates....

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Jack Dalton
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2020-01-12 17:10

Love what they have done for us, they were really ...

Love what they have done for us, they were really generous and gave everyone anxiety and depression! What more could we ask for? Quite frankly I believe this was done perfectly with no problems whatsoever. All we need now is for an entire grade of students to graduate with a >30 atar and the year wi...

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sad and depressed Student
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2020-01-11 09:40

absolutely horrific - the fact that all the maths ...

absolutely horrific - the fact that all the maths marks for SCALED DOWN.... SCALED DOWN??!!
terrible - methods exams were shocking, too hard and no consideration that we are actual humans with lives and not robots who study 24/7? sorry but the system supposed to save queensland education is reall...

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