to 2015, SCSA reported rankings in terms of percentage of marks of 75 or higher in WACE stage 3 courses. From 2016 onwards, SCSA has reported rankings in terms of each school's median ATAR. Since moving to this new format, Perth Modern School was ranked the top achieving school in the WACE for the four years from 2016 to 2019. Vocational Education and Training Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses can contribute towards a student’s attainment of the WACE, allowing students to study courses which lead directly into employment after school. There are two main categories of VET courses: VET industry specific and VET credit transfer. VET industry specific courses contribute to both the unit and Certificate II or higher requirements of the WACE, and include both a full qualification and workplace learning. Credit transfer courses provide a way for students to attain VET qualifications separate to industry specific courses, while still contributing to the WACE requirements. As such, both types of courses contribute towards meeting the requirements of a student’s WACE. In terms of meeting requirements for the WACE, the two categories function in different ways. For the achievement standards requirement, successful completion of an industry specific course is considered equivalent to a C grade or higher result in a WACE course, whereas credit transfer courses reduce the number of C grades a student must achieve. Neither category of course contributes to the breadth of study requirements. Both courses contribute to the depth of study requirements. Industry specific courses count directly towards the depth requirements, whilst credit transfer courses are considered “unit equivalence” of regular WACE courses. Students can only count 8 credit transfer units towards the standards and depth requirements, there are no such limits for industry specific courses. A list of endorsed unit equivalence programs is available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website. Reforms Move away from Tertiary Entrance Exam From 2002 to 2010, following the Western Australian Government’s Post-Compulsory Education Review, the WACE was reformed. It changed from a fragmented system with three types of curriculum: externally assessed TEE, Wholly School Assessed, and VET components, to a single curriculum combining these three components. The curriculum was simplified, from hundreds of courses down to around fifty, and students were given increased flexibility in completing their studies. Courses were adapted to the new WACE standard across three phases, from 2005 to 2009, so that by 2010,