2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)
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T-Score is not some hocus locus Hogwarts magic. It’s just a normalized result. The curve looks the same year to year, regardless of the difficulty of the paper. Therefore, difficulty of the paper has no bearing on the COP of any particular school. Assuming demand / supply remains constant, COP should remain the same.
However, easy paper does make it harder to distinguish those students in the middle of the normal distribution since they will all bunch up. Therefore, a single point raw score difference may have a significant difference in terms of getting a A or B. Expect to see some surprises in the final results (and careless students may be penalized). -
Fern12:
I have heard from some primary school teachers who have seen the PSLE exam papers for 2018 that the level of difficulty for this year was lower than previous years. What could be the possible implication on the results and the cut off points for the secondary school posting?
All subjects or just Maths (which I heard)? -
Plus minus 1 to 2 points when selecting school, based on past year cut off.
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Oh My Gosh:
More so for Maths and Science. For English and Chinese, it seemed to be of average difficulty.Fern12:
I have heard from some primary school teachers who have seen the PSLE exam papers for 2018 that the level of difficulty for this year was lower than previous years. What could be the possible implication on the results and the cut off points for the secondary school posting?
All subjects or just Maths (which I heard)? -
Tomorrow is the Day the P6sers hope will never come but their parents can’t wait to get their hands on their results.
Come what may, treat the child to a good meal. The end of PSLE is the start of another chapter in the lives of our children. It is worth celebrating! -
Actually, my heart has been pounding fast since this morning. :nailbite:
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lee_yl:
Actually, my heart has been pounding fast since this morning. :nailbite:
Yalor... trying to keep busy to distract myself.
Tmrw will be even worse...
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Fern12:
More so for Maths and Science. For English and Chinese, it seemed to be of average difficulty.[/quote]\"Level of difficulty... lower...\" is teacherspeak for \"questions successfully spotted\"?Oh My Gosh:
[quote=\"Fern12\"]I have heard from some primary school teachers who have seen the PSLE exam papers for 2018 that the level of difficulty for this year was lower than previous years. What could be the possible implication on the results and the cut off points for the secondary school posting?
All subjects or just Maths (which I heard)?
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I heard of students claiming this year science is quite tough so it all depends.
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lee_yl:
Actually, my heart has been pounding fast since this morning. :nailbite:
same.坐立不安. :nailbite:
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