Ancient History — QLD QCE scaling 2024

QTAC's verbatim 2024 scaling for Ancient History (QCAA code 0020). Raw median 71/100 mapped to scaled 67.22; top-decile raw 91 mapped to scaled 88.45.

Raw → scaled distribution (2024)

Percentile	Raw mark (/ 100)	Scaled mark (/ 100)	Adjustment
P99	98	92.39	-5.6
P90	91	88.45	-2.5
P75	83	81.89	-1.1
P50 (median)	71	67.22	-3.8
P25	60	49.83	-10.2

How Ancient History scaled in 2024

This subject scales up. The candidature performs slightly above the cohort median across all subjects, so raw marks are adjusted upward in the scaling process. A typical raw mark scales to a slightly higher scaled mark.

For Ancient History specifically: a median student in the cohort had a raw mark of 71/100 and ended up with a scaled mark of 67.22/100 — an adjustment of -3.8 from raw to scaled. A top-decile student (P90) had a raw mark of 91 mapping to scaled 88.45 — adjustment of -2.5.

QCE General subjects are scored 0–100 raw. QTAC's inter-subject scaling runs a 40-iteration calibration algorithm that maps each subject's raw distribution to a scaled distribution based on how that subject's students performed across all their other subjects. The scaled mark is what counts for the ATAR aggregate; the raw mark is what your QCE certificate reports.

3-year scaling trend for Ancient History →

Year	Scaled mean (/ 100)
2022	67.36
2023	67.66
2024	67.22

Very stable across 3 years — Ancient History has scaled within 0.1 points of its 2022 value, suggesting its candidature composition is consistent.

3-year trend data sourced from the QTAC annual scaling reports 2022–2024. See all scaling trends.

Tutor rate context for Ancient History

Subject complexity classification: medium. Based on our subject-complexity model, this subject typically carries a +4% adjustment to the base AU tutor rate band — partly because of the qualified-tutor pool size, partly because of subject-specific marking and exam complexity.

Tutor tier	Typical rate for Ancient History
University-student tutor	$60/hr
Experienced graduate	$85/hr
Registered teacher	$115/hr
Subject specialist	$145/hr

Estimates from the AU rate synthesis at /rates/. Use the rate estimator to add city and delivery format.

What this means for ATAR planning

Three reads of this scaling distribution matter for QCE students:

1. The median (P50) shows the typical adjustment for an average performance in Ancient History. Negative — average performances are scaled down because the candidature underperforms in other subjects on average.
2. The P90 row shows where strong students land. Even in subjects with a low median scaled position, strong individual students typically score well in scaled terms — look at the P90 column before deciding a subject is "bad".
3. The spread P25→P90 (49.83 → 88.45, a 38.6-point spread) shows the room for movement within this subject. Bigger spreads mean tutoring leverage is higher.

Caveats

• This is 2024 data. QTAC recomputes scaling each year.
• QTAC publishes only subjects with 50+ students. Small-candidature subjects are excluded from the percentile tables.
• Applied subjects (e.g., Essential English, Sport & Recreation) use a different scaling scheme (3-band C/B/A) — see the QLD QCE overview for the Applied subject scaling table.
• To be ATAR-eligible in QLD, students need at least a C in English, EAL, Literature, English & Literature Extension, or Essential English. Only 50.1% of the 2024 cohort (28,845 of 57,594) was ATAR-eligible.

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