Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER)
The TER was normally derived from the Tertiary Entrance Score by a mathematical procedure approved by the Academic Board. A TER was also derived for applicants who have taken the normal university entrance qualification akin to the TEE in another state of Australia or in New Zealand or who have the International Baccalaureate Diploma. In these cases the TER was considered equivalent to the Western Australian TER.
It was a number between 99.95 and zero that reports a student's rank position relative to all other students.
The TER (Tertiary Entrance Rank) was replaced by an Australian national standard entrance score, the ATAR, in 2010.
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