NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH
TE POUHERE O WHAKAAKO O TE REO PĀKEHĀ O AOTEAROA
NZATE: to promote, support and advocate for the teaching of English in Aotearoa
NZATE Practice Exams
It has been brought to our attention that there are two errors in NZATE’s L2 English practice exam this year. Firstly, on the NZATE L2 Unfamiliar Text resource booklet, we have misspelt the author’s surname in the article “Why it’s so hard to quite Facebook Messenger”. On the resource booklet we have written Mathers, rather than Mathias. The correct author’s name is Shanti Mathias. Our sincerest apologies.
Secondly, the cut scores in our original (first shared) assessment schedule for the L2 Close Reading of Written Unfamiliar Texts was incorrect. Cut scores for all year levels are as follows:
Cut Scores
Score range:
Not Achieved | Achievement | Achievement with Merit | Achievement with Excellence |
0 – 6 | 7 – 12 | 13 – 18 | 19 – 24 |
This error has been corrected on the re-uploaded exam docs.
Do you have questions about the upcoming NCEA changes or the new Literacy and Numeracy standards?
Let us know using the form below. We will endeavour to answer each question, and seek clarification from NZQA and/or the Ministry of Education.
