2017 PSLE Discussions and Strategies

[Yanchong]

Would appreciate if I can have the MCQ for both schools too. Kindly email to [email protected]. Thank you.

[muska]

I think it's possible that the A* requirement drops from 91 to 88 if paper is hard..(sch teacher did mentioned to my ds)


For eg last yr 's Sci paper was tough, somehow it's easier to score A*..col's gal score 60-70 in prelim, and thought she might fail actual psle sci, ended up with A* in actual paper.

Can anyone share how do you estimate t score w pre lim results? x0.7 or x0.75 ? sch instructions was x0.7

phtthp:

Are the PSLE subjects graded, after the marks have been moderated ?

Eg

If one scored 88 marks (Raw score) for the tough PSLE Maths paper this year (2017), will his T-score for Maths end up getting adjusted to A or A *, because the Maths paper was set tough ?
(after factoring in the entire P6xers' PSLE cohort mean, std deviation)


A : 75 to 90
A* : 91 and above

[newkeynesian]

Hi Esteema


Please try to send again as I have not got it yet.

Thanks!

[kuts]

Would appreciate if I can have the MCQ for Nanyang and Nan Hua. Kindly email to [email protected]. Thank you.

[mmummy]

Hi parents, would appreciate whoever has NY Prelim Science MCQ can kindly email to me at [email protected].

Thank you in advance.

[phtthp]

Hi muska,


On a more conservative, realistic side, school Tr told my kid to multiply by either 0.7 or 0.72.

Not 0.75, because 0.75 is a bit high.

So, we take Total of 4 subjects’ (EMS, Mother tongue) Raw score , multiply by 0.7, to estimate roughly the T-score, since we do not have our school’s Std deviation, mean

[phtthp]

Morinosuke:

BTSfaith05:

Is it possible to still score 255 and above if one of the subjects score is 82?

It's still possible depending on the scores of the other subjects.

At least 2 A* for the rest of the subjects for a better chance.

My older kid took her PSLE last year and English isn't her forte, so it's likely she got a low A (high 70's - low 80's) but thankfully she got more than 255 overall as she scored 2 A* for Math and Science, and possibly a high A for Chinese.

With minimum 2A*, one can reach 255.

In order to reach / target 261, via T-score (Non-DSA route) (eg : RGS threshold Cut-off-point), P6 student need to score minimum 3A* ?

[mapleleaf]

Hi parents, may i have a copy of the NY prelim paper too. My email address [email protected].

Thank you for sharing.

[Morinosuke]

I do know of students who scored above 255 with one A*, but I believe the rest of the subjects scored high A nearing A*.


E.g. scenario
Subject 1= 95 (A*), and
Subject 2, 3 and 4 = all 88 (high A*)

Total raw score for 4 subjects = 359
Estimated T-score = 359 * 0.72 = 258

And sometimes 90+ doesn’t guarantee A*, e.g. for easy papers where majority perform well, I heard A* benchmark can be 95 and above.

[Morinosuke]

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