Schools are required to nominate two teachers as School Test Administrators (STAs). The email addresses for both STAs and the principal are required on registration. You will receive an automated email (check your junk mail) to confirm your registration.

VALID 8 is mandatory for government schools and is corporately marked.

VALID 6 and 10 are opt-in and schools are required to mark their school's student responses.

Professional learning is provided for teachers to undertake this marking. Completing Differentiating student responses using SOLO for VALID 6, 8 or 10 will contribute 5 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of delivery and assessment of NSW Curriculum addressing Standard Descriptor(s) 2.1.2, 5.1.2, 5.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher in NSW.

Registration in the VALID Science program provides

• high quality syllabus-based assessment frameworks that describe levels of achievement against standards to inform school-based assessment practices
• online multimedia assessment tools that provide diagnostic data and time efficient reports to inform planning, programming and assessment across learning stages
• cohort level affective domain data from interest and engagement survey questions within each assessment
• professional learning that reinforces staff capability in making consistent judgements against syllabus standards (VALID 6 and 10 only).
• systems and processes to monitor student achievement of syllabus outcomes and content across stages.
• external student assessment data that can be used in combination with school-based assessments to inform whole school planning processes.

Fees

There is no charge for government schools to register. A fee of $10 per student is applicable for non-government schools.

All students who participate in a VALID Science assessment will receive an electronic individualised student report outlining the level of understanding they demonstrated during the assessment.