The attainment of education certificates and ATAR scores for Tasmanian Year 12 students has remained relatively steady, according to a new report by the state’s education regulator.
The Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC) board tabled its annual report in parliament last week, the first produced after the establishment of the new TASC board in July 2023.
Achievement by Year 12 students of the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) slightly declined in 2023, from 79.7 per cent in 2022 to 79.3 per cent in 2023.
This was also a new low for TCE levels in the past five years, with around 81.2 per cent of Year 12 students receiving their TCE in 2019.
However, the percentage of students receiving their ATAR had gone up from 45.8 per cent to 46.2 per cent in 2023, also the second-highest percentage since 2019 of 46.7 per cent.
The number of Year 12 students enrolled at Tasmanian colleges is also beginning to creep back up to the 2019 high of 4631 — despite plunging to 4223 in 2022 — with a total of 4399 students.
Part of TCE attainment includes a passing grade by Year 11 or 12 students in literacy, numeracy and computer skills standards achieved through different courses.
Literacy and computer skills dropped in 2023 – 91.9 per cent in literacy from 92 per cent the previous year and 86.4 per cent for computer skills compared with 87.1 per cent.
This corresponds with a slight downward trend in the two areas.
Numeracy achievement slightly improved by 0.3 per cent from 92.9 per cent, with standards in this area securing over the past three years.
A total of 64 per cent of senior secondary students also completed a vet unit in 2023.
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