School Certificate Computing Skills Test
The Computing Skills test is a mandatory requirement for each candidate for the School Certificate, unless the student is studying one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content.
All schools will complete the test online this year. Each school is required to nominate a test coordinator through the Schools Online website. Schools are also required to install and run the practice test as soon as possible. This will help to identify technical problems that may exist and enable timely support. In Term 3, you will also need to run a ‘full dress rehearsal,’ where all students sit the practice test using the computers they will use for the Computing Skills test. The test and other related information will be available from 20 June through the Schools Online website.
Students who have disability provisions approved will have access to larger fonts, background colours, extra time and rest breaks relevant to their provisions. Read more.
The same test application is used for all students, including students with disability provisions approval.
Past tests and related documents
Frequently Asked Questions
For further information contact:
- (02) 9367 8130
- (02) 9367 8299
- (02) 9367 8329
- csthelp@bos.nsw.edu.au
Further information
- Scope Statement and Test Specifications
- Guide to the School Certificate: Rules and Procedures for Students
- Multiple-choice quiz
- Technologies in the Revised Mandatory Stages 4 and 5 Syllabuses (2004)
Disability Provisions Information
Students who have disability provisions approved will have access to their provisions such as larger fonts, background colours, extra time and rest breaks when they log on to the test. Font size, font colour and background colour can be modified after the initial log on, prior to commencement of, and during the test.
Students with approved disability provisions that entitle them to extra working time will have the additional time, as approved by the Office of the Board of Studies, automatically added to their timer.
Students who have been approved disability provisions that entitle them to additional time without access to the test will have access to a ‘PAUSE’ button that they can use when they wish to take a break. The student may take breaks and ‘pause’ the test at their discretion, just as a student sitting a pen-and-paper test. The breaks will need to be timed by the supervisor to ensure that the student only takes up the maximum time allowed.
Students who have been approved a reader for the SC tests may use the reader for the Computing Skills test, as with the other tests.