15 January 2025
Josh
By email
: [FYI request #29563 email]
Dear Josh
OIA 24.193 Software Engineering Grade Distribution
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 15 December 2024 regarding grade distributions
for some Software Engineering courses. You have specifical y requested:
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I would like to request grade breakdowns for the fol owing 2023 and 2024 courses:
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SENG201-23S1
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SENG202-23S2
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SENG301-23S1
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SENG302-23W
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SENG201-24S1
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SENG202-24S2
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SENG301-24S1
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SENG302-24W
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For the courses listed above, please provide the fol owing data:
(1) The final grade distribution for the paper (broken down by letter grade, e.g. A+, A, A-, ... etc.)
(2) The number of students who completed the paper
(3) The mean and median final marks for the paper (percentage)
Please see the information attached for your requested information. Please note that where 5 or less students
achieved a certain grade, the individual number is not provided, but a range of less than or equal to five. This is
done under s 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. Where any grounds under s 9(2) of
the Act, the public interest must be considered under s 9(1). It is in the public interest to provide a range of the
number of students that achieved a particular grade, whilst protecting those students from being individual y
identifiable. For an explanation of the grading scale please see
here.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Information and Records Management
Attachment: OIA 24.193 Data
Classification: Public