Handbook of Directions and Prescriptions for 1970, for School Leaving and Higher School Certificates examinations. Melbourne: The Victorian Universities and Schools Examinations Board, August 1969, esp. pp. 3–75.
2.
The constitution and duties of VUSEB are prescribed by the Statutes of University of Melbourne and Monash University. Melbourne: The Victorian Universities and Schools Examinations Board, August 1969, 1.
3.
Since this paper was written, VUSEB has decided that the School Leaving Examination is gradually to be phased out, and has therefore considerably widened the means by which students may qualify for entry to the Higher School Certificate (previously called Matriculation) Examination. As from 1971, there will be three groups of schools: those which elect to go their own way, those which are accredited by VUSEB, and those which continue to present candidates for the School Leaving Examination. The third group is virtually the same as the old Class B, except that, as well as completing the School Leaving pre-requisite, students must also receive their Principal's recommendation to proceed to the H.S.C. Examination. The first group is quite new. Merely by notifying VUSEB that they intend to do so, schools may prepare their own Form V syllabuses and make their own assessments. Only the Principal's recommendation is required to qualify students to proceed to the H.S.C. Examination. The second group is sub-divided into: those accredited as single schools, which is virtually the same as the old Class A, and those accredited as moderating groups. See VUSEB Special Supplement to Circular to Schools, 45, November 1970.
4.
Handbook of Directions and Prescriptions, 1970, op. cit., 1.
5.
ShilsE.Political Development in the New States. Free Press of Glencoe, 1958.
6.
Our description of the aims, goals and operational framework of the Moderating Scheme draws heavily on a number of key documents issued by or through VUSEB on the Scheme. Documents on the Victorian experiment recommended for close study are: The Background and Basis of Moderating, 1967; Report on the Pilot Scheme in Moderating, 1968; A Second Report on the Pilot Scheme in Moderating; Some Practical Problems (1969); Report on St. Leo's Experiment, 1969; Guidelines for Moderating Committees, 1970..
7.
Our category of “legitimately interested amateurs” would include parents, academics, industrial and commercial groups, government officials, and the like. While individuals in this category may well be professionals in their own spheres, in the context of the school, only the teacher is the professional.
8.
PrattJ. J.“Teachers Are Professional People.”The Forum of Education, XXIX, March, 1970, 10–17.
9.
Regional Moderation Handbook, 1969. Hobart: Schools Board of Tasmania, October, 1968, p. 2a.
10.
Public Examinations for Queensland Secondary School Students. Report of the Committee appointed to review the system of public examinations for Queensland secondary school students and to make recommendations for the assessment of students' achievements. Brisbane: Govt. Printer, 1970, p. 72, 5.29.
11.
The Schools Board of Tasmania for 1970, p. 4, A7. “The removal of examination prescriptions from the syllabuses offers the schools freedom to make assessments of students in the ways that they judge to be best. This freedom in methods of assessment in no way relieves the school of the obligation of working to the syllabuses printed in the School Certificate Manual.”.
12.
Report on the Pilot Scheme in Moderating, 1968.
13.
Report on St. Leo's Experiment, 1969.
14.
Notes issued by Lake Bolac programme for initial meeting, July 31, 1970. The participant schools in this Mid-Western Complex were Beaufort, Derrinallum, Hawksdale, Lake Bolac and Mortlake High Schools.
15.
The Background and Basis of Moderating, p. 7.
16.
Possibly this tension is recognized and/or felt more by the teachers than by the community.
