Benchmark levels

Revision and resetting of benchmarks is conducted every three years.

2015 DEGREE Benchmark Performance Levels
Benchmark Performance Levels	AL		QL		MAT
Benchmark Performance Levels	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Proficient	68	100	70	100	69	100
Intermediate	39	67	40	69	35	68
Basic	0	38	0	39	0	34
2015 DEGREE Benchmark Performance Levels Split into Upper and Lower Levels†
Benchmark Performance Levels	AL		QL		MAT
Benchmark Performance Levels	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Proficient Upper	84	100	85	100	85	100
Proficient Lower	68	83	70	84	69	84
Intermediate Upper	54	67	55	69	52	68
Intermediate Lower	39	53	40	54	35	51
Basic Upper	19	39	20	39	17	34
Basic Lower	0	18	0	19	0	16
2015 DIPLOMA & HIGHER CERTIFICATE Benchmark Performance Levels
Benchmark Performance Levels	AL		QL		MAT
Benchmark Performance Levels	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Proficient	61	100	66	100	67	100
Intermediate	33	60	34	65	38	66
Basic	0	32	0	33	0	37
2015 DIPLOMA & HIGHER CERTIFICATE Benchmark Performance Levels Split into Upper and Lower Levels†
Benchmark Performance Levels	AL		QL		MAT
Benchmark Performance Levels	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Proficient Upper	81	100	83	100	84	100
Proficient Lower	61	80	66	82	67	83
Intermediate Upper	47	60	50	65	51	66
Intermediate Lower	33	46	34	49	35	50
Basic Upper	16	32	17	33	17	34
Basic Lower	0	15	0	16	0	16
† Equated scores are reported as a whole number percentage (i.e., rounded, with zero decimal places)
‡ Note that the split of the Benchmark Levels into Upper and Lower has not been set through a formal benchmark setting process but uses the mean between the levels and is only done for convenience.