ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies

The ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (ACT BSSS) is a statutory authority responsible for the certification of senior secondary school studies in government and non-government schools in the Australian Capital Territory.

Between 1976 and 1998 the Board operated under the Schools Authority Act. In 1998, legislation was enacted to give the Board the status of a statutory authority. This formalised and defined its roles and responsibilities in senior secondary education in the ACT.

The ACT BSSS develops policy to ensure that all colleges have common

• course accreditation processes
• processes regarding unit assessment and awarding of unit grades
• calculation of unit and course scores
• content and distribution of Unit Outlines
• late submission of work policy
• attendance policy
• appeal processes

• Course Written Under The Humanities & Social Sciences Framework
• Course Written Under The Technologies Framework

BSSS Recognition of Excellence Recipients 2018

ACT Scaling Test

The ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) is conducting a review of the ACT Scaling Test (AST) in 2019.

The BSSS has identified the following areas for review:

1. Vision and principles of the ACT Scaling Test
2. Test design specifications
3. Implementation of scaling test
4. Profile of candidates.

The BSSS seeks feedback on each area for review.

Please provide feedback using the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASTreview.

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