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24. The challenges with Script Level Additional Objects (SLAOs) and Packet Level
Additional Objects (PLAOs), while reduced, still require significant manual intervention.

SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT
25. Local Registrars and Permanent Secretaries were notified via email dated 1 March
2017 of the Council’s rules and regulations with respect to the submission of the candidates’
SBA scores and samples. The submission of SBAs Online, commenced in 2016 on an optional
basis, but in 2017, it was compulsory that all SBAs be submitted electronically unless being
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Moderated onsite by externally trained moderators. In 2017, seven CAPE subjects were
moderated onsite.
26. This year, several centres opted to submit Group SBAs, a direction the Council formally
promoted from 2016. They were 95,072 (95.87%) of the 99,169 registered candidates who
submitted their SBA scores, compared to 99.58% in 2016. It was noted that there was a
decrease by approximately 6.77% of SBA registration in 2017 over 2016. For 2017, the
teachers reported that 3,977 (4.01%) of candidates did not submit their SBAs.
27. There were slight differences (0.33%) of non-submissions, 4.01% in 2017 compared to
4.34% in 2016. Notwithstanding, in 2017, 148 (0.15%) a higher percentage compared to 106
(0.10%) in 2016 were missing their SBA score. Investigations revealed that 537 (0.56%)
candidates were reported ungraded “No SBA Sample Received” an increase over 2016 of
(0.30%) at the release of preliminary results. Table 4 below compares the submissions of SBA
records and samples over a five-year period.

Table 4: CAPE® Comparison of SBA Records and Samples for 2013-2017

OUTSTANDING SBA RECORDS OUTSTANDING SBA
SAMPLES
YEAR
SBA NO % No SBA % SBA # of % Candidates

CANDIDATE SBA SBA Missing Missing Candidates Not Graded
ENTRIES Sub. Not Graded (No Samples)
Sub.
(No Samples)

2017 95,072 3,977 4.01 148 0.15 537 0.56
2016 101,971 4,426 4.34 106 0.10 275 0.26

2015 99,892 4,338 4.34 112 0.11 31 0.03

2014 98,825 4,397 4.45 67 0.07 10 0.01
2013 93,268 3,631 3.89 57 0.06 17 0.02

28. At the CSEC® level as well, all Local Registrars were reminded via email communication

of the deadlines for the submission of the records and samples. They were also reminded
that SBA samples or scores would not be accepted after the absolute deadline of 31 July 2017.
Local Registrars were informed that candidates for whom SBA Scores or SBA samples that
were not received, would be reported “Ungraded: no SBA received”. This year, like in CAPE,
many of the centres taking CSEC® subjects utilized the option of group work for the SBA and

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