15 April 2024
By email
: [FYI request #26356 email]
Tēnā koe Samuel,
I refer to your information request dated 8 April 2024 made under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act). You have requested mark and grade distributions for the
“past three years for the following
papers: CMHC201, CMHC301 and Paci30.” Subject to the following comments, please see attached the information you have requested. Please
note there are three pages in the attached spreadsheet, one for each year.
• On 9 April 2024 we emailed you to request clarification in relation to your request for the
2021-2023 mark and grade distribution for “Paci30”, which is an incomplete paper number. As
of today’s date, we have not yet received clarification from you, therefore we have proceeded
on the assumption that your request was for the 2021-2023 mark and grade distribution of
PACI301. Please let us know if there is another paper that you wish to receive the mark and
grade distribution for.
• the data is correct as at 11 April 2024.
• on occasions where fewer than five students have failed a paper (i.e. received a grade of Fail
D, Fail E, Failed Compulsory Assessment or Failed Terms), we have determined that it is
necessary to withhold the marks and specific grades for these students to protect their privacy
and wellbeing. We consider that withholding this information is necessary to protect against
the identity of these students being determined or inferred, and their personal information
(i.e. their marks) could be disclosed. We therefore withhold this information pursuant to
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
• in the attached grade and mark distributions, we note that students who withdrew from the
papers are excluded from the data.
I trust that this information will be helpful.
In the above cases, we consider that good reasons exist for withholding information, and this is not
outweighed by other considerations which would make it desirable, in the public interest, to make the
information available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request, section 28(3) of the Act
provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review this response. However,
we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Yours sincerely
Jo Pearson
Jo Pearson
Official Information Act Administrator
Office of the Registrar