2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[EatNonStop]

ammonite:

My understanding is that 75 is an A in psle. T score depends on cohort performance.


So on the paper 75 and 85 are both A, but the t-score will not be the same (both before and after adjusting for bell curve).

That would means how \"correlated\" or close that Primary School levels to PSLE levels.....All TOP Primary schools will be much tuned and aligned to what the PSLE expectation so they could estimated Tscore base on their Prelim or even P5... for neighbourhood schools it may not be that way..if you score say 80-90 maynot translate A in the PSLE...I think it happened with my nephew after he got his PSLE last year..so its a bit worry for my DD cos she is not from any of the \"TOP school\"...

[catddy2002]

Hmm…my DS is sec 3 this year.

He was in a neighbourhood primary school and from my experience, the school was drilling them with higher standard type of questions compare to PSLE questions.

[Sun_2010]

EatNonStop:

ammonite:

[quote=\"EatNonStop\"]What is the avg range of score for P5 is considered \"stable\" for languages (Chinese & English). For my DS school, seems like only 10%-15% able to get Band 1 (85 and above).....thus those in avg of 70s what does this mean? Will they be able to acheive As for these subjects??

A is 75-90 right? The scoring for PSLE is the same. But how that translate to the t-score depends on the curve. Try to aim above 80 for better T-score.

I think 75-90 would be PSLE score...for her school, from P1-P5 Band 1 is 85 and above, Band 2 is 70 to 84, Band 3 50-69....Thus I am wondering if most are in Band 2, how does it translate to PSLE \"A\"....if she has say 75, does it mean A in PSLE and how to calculate T score if avg all subjects are with 75?[/quote]T score is a little complicated.

A child may get a raw score of say 75 in Maths and 75 in english but his T scores for each sub could be and most likely be different. The bell curve for each subject could be different , with different means and different spreads.

So for maths say the cohort ave is 75 the the T score for that would be 50. For english if the cohort ave is 65, and the spread is quite narrow (SD=5) then the T score could be as high as 70. However if the spread is high ( SD=10) then the T score will be 60. So for the same raw marks, the T scores can be widely different, depending on the subject bell curve (mean and spread)

Google it - interesting read. Schools will usually have a briefing for parents when child is in P6 .

[ter_wen]

janet88:

ter_wen:

2 weeks to mar holidays but getting gan chiong for sat

why? :?

oh sorry sorry i mean sa1!

laptop also auto correct. :slapshead:

[happyheart]

Thanks all for the responses. I have not seen the papers yet but DS is reporting that he gets approx 60% for Science and Mother tongue How now :slapshead:

[janet88]

catddy2002:

Hmm...my DS is sec 3 this year.

He was in a neighbourhood primary school and from my experience, the school was drilling them with higher standard type of questions compare to PSLE questions.

so we are in the same boat? one in sec 3, one in p5?
next year PSLE and O levels?

[Steadyberry]

EatNonStop:

ammonite:

My understanding is that 75 is an A in psle. T score depends on cohort performance.


So on the paper 75 and 85 are both A, but the t-score will not be the same (both before and after adjusting for bell curve).

That would means how \"correlated\" or close that Primary School levels to PSLE levels.....All TOP Primary schools will be much tuned and aligned to what the PSLE expectation so they could estimated Tscore base on their Prelim or even P5... for neighbourhood schools it may not be that way..if you score say 80-90 maynot translate A in the PSLE...I think it happened with my nephew after he got his PSLE last year..so its a bit worry for my DD cos she is not from any of the \"TOP school\"...

Ya, heard stories from my friends that a few kids 260+ but in the end, only 240+ for psle. School must have set an easy paper for prelims. But usually, should be +/- 10 from your prelims after checking with kids who sat for psle last year.

My ds knew all his ca1 results except for science. Drop in all subjects compared to p4 but still above 80. Hv not seen the papers so not sure whether they were too easy. Also no compo & oral. So results were based on paper 2 only.

[janet88]

CA1 usually does not test oral and compo.

for some schools which set easy prelim papers, actual PSLE minus 10-20 points. even if the school sets a reasonably close standard to psle, the child should not be over-confident.

[bsk]

Hi,


I want to prepare my daughter for the DSA to one of the girl’s school.

Please advise what would be the best option to go via., the academic route. since she changed school in between, she couldn’t get into any of the school teams for the CCA’s

Appreciate your help. Her academic is quite OK. mostly 85+ in 3 subjects

[janet88]

i read first 1-2 pages of SOTA. i know it is not a vocational school, but 230 COP is not easy to achieve.... :nailbite: very very :scared: