Focus on HSC band six results creating a 'perverse incentive', experts say Focus on HSC band six results creating a 'perverse incentive', experts say Normal text size Advertisement Education heavyweights have called for more information about HSC results to be publicly released, saying the focus on band 6 provides a perverse incentive for schools to push students into lower-level subjects. Releasing only band 6 data also put too much focus on top-performing students, and failed to account for student background, such as economic disadvantage, or reflect student progress or post-graduation outcomes, they said. Penola Catholic College HSC exams. Credit:Nick Moir Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said she was open to discussing the issue. “I believe we can celebrate both academic success and student pathways after school,” she said.