School-based Assessment (SBA) is an assessment carried out by schools with students being assessed by their own subject teachers. By integrating learning and teaching with assessment, it helps students understand their strengths and weaknesses through quality feedback from teachers. All school candidates have to complete the SBA of the subjects concerned and the marks awarded are counted towards their results in the HKDSE. SBA also reduces dependence on the results of public examinations and boosts students’ confidence and motivation to learn and enhances autonomous learning. For more information about SBA, you may read the Information on SBA Booklet.

The following are subjects with an SBA component in the HKDSE:

Chinese Language

Core subjects

English Language

Biology
Chemistry
Chinese Literature
Design and Applied Technology
Health Management and Social Care
Information and Communication Technology
Literature in English
Physics
Technology and Living
Visual Arts

Elective subjects

Moderation of SBA Scores

To ensure the reliability and comparability of assessment standards across schools, the HKEAA moderates SBA marks submitted by different schools, either through statistical moderation or expert judgment. For most subjects, the moderation is conducted by statistical adjustments supplemented with sample review of students’ work.
The HKEAA employs appropriate methods for moderating the raw SBA scores submitted by different schools, with the following aims:

to maintain comparability of SBA results across schools, and thus ensure fairness for individual students and schools;
to maintain the quality, reliability, and validity of SBA from year to year; and
to gather information that may be useful for making recommendations for improved practice (feedback to schools).

Details on Moderation of SBA scores, please refer to:

Moderation of SBA Scores in the HKDSE Booklet

SBA information

SBA Arrangements for AD/HD students (For Schools, Parents and Students) (Chinese version only)

SBA Catering for learners’ diversity and arrangements for SLD students (For Schools, Parents and Students) (Chinese version only)

Arrangements for SEN students in HKDSE SBA (For Schools, Parents and Students)

Booklet – Moderation of School-based Assessment Scores in HKDSE (For Schools)

Booklet – Information on SBA in HKDSE (For Schools, Parents and Students)