2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)
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I think the kiddos did their best, give them lots of love and hugs. I think our gov is also trying to toughen up parents… see how much endurance and if our heart can take it with all the covid rules, mask at oral, difficult papers. Very disappointing. No wonder kids got mental health issue, parents are stress, tuition making money. I wonder any one is going to set up a survey or petition? This year both papers are tough, not sure on the remaining papers….
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MOE is just differentiating the few elite students the general pool.. those math questions are mainly from olympiad and only the privileged ones are doing it. I thought that they will change their approach this year with the new scheme and the proclaiment that they are reducing the stress and differentiation but it seems that they are making it worse.
Perhaps the exam setters and the view of the ministry are not aligned or they do not speak to each other
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Imp75\" post_id=\"2040058\" time=\"1633066746\" user_id=\"2358:
For that they could have set one or two difficult qn that requires more thinking. But to set such a high level paper they really are not concerned about those at the bottom .
Maybe MOE wants to avoid many getting AL1 and run into a situation that balloting is required for most admission to top sch? There clearly need to be a good differentiation at the highest level to be meritocratic? -
How do the kids rate today’s math paper vs. the 2019 paper?
I understand the frustration if both papers have been set extremely difficult. But please remember that while AL is an absolute scoring system the PSLE Scores and S1 Posting are still a "relative" game. I.e. everyone’s scores (raw marks) may be lower than they had hoped, but you still just need to score better than those around you (to get into the school you desire).
The difficulty of the papers does have the potential to swing AL COPs more than the difficulty of the papers could swing things under t-score (since t-score is by definition a relative score). So there could be some ambiguity with the S1 Option forms this year and do you risk it or assume the indicative COPs hold.
Regardless, what’s done is done. Hope the kids can get a good lunch, reset the mind a bit, and get ready for MT and Science next week. Good luck and don’t give up/get discouraged! -
There is not T score under this new scoring system . It’s all absolute scores.
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There is not T score under this new scoring system . It’s all absolute scores.
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There is not T score under this new scoring system . It’s all absolute scores.
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Imp75\" post_id=\"2040058\" time=\"1633066746\" user_id=\"2358:
But I foresee the mid tier neighborhood schools gonna face a crunch. We just aiming for nearby neighborhood, nothing top.
Maybe MOE wants to avoid many getting AL1 and run into a situation that balloting is required for most admission to top sch? There clearly need to be a good differentiation at the highest level to be meritocratic? -
SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2040063\" time=\"1633067278\" user_id=\"188234:
Understand that S1 posting is relative but we are the Guinea pigs batch and it's like asking us to choose while we are blindsided. And judging on the difficulty of the papers, this has made the estimated AL score given to us a few months back no longer accurate or close to accurate. So how to choose now?
How do the kids rate today's math paper vs. the 2019 paper?
I understand the frustration if both papers have been set extremely difficult. But please remember that while AL is an absolute scoring system the PSLE Scores and S1 Posting are still a \"relative\" game. I.e. everyone's scores (raw marks) may be lower than they had hoped, but you still just need to score better than those around you (to get into the school you desire).
The difficulty of the papers does have the potential to swing AL COPs more than the difficulty of the papers could swing things under t-score (since t-score is by definition a relative score). So there could be some ambiguity with the S1 Option forms this year and do you risk it or assume the indicative COPs hold.
Regardless, what's done is done. Hope the kids can get a good lunch, reset the mind a bit, and get ready for MT and Science next week. Good luck and don't give up/get discouraged! -
SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2040063\" time=\"1633067278\" user_id=\"188234:
Understand that S1 posting is relative but we are the Guinea pigs batch and it's like asking us to choose while we are blindsided. And judging on the difficulty of the papers, this has made the estimated AL score given to us a few months back no longer accurate or close to accurate. So how to choose now?
How do the kids rate today's math paper vs. the 2019 paper?
I understand the frustration if both papers have been set extremely difficult. But please remember that while AL is an absolute scoring system the PSLE Scores and S1 Posting are still a \"relative\" game. I.e. everyone's scores (raw marks) may be lower than they had hoped, but you still just need to score better than those around you (to get into the school you desire).
The difficulty of the papers does have the potential to swing AL COPs more than the difficulty of the papers could swing things under t-score (since t-score is by definition a relative score). So there could be some ambiguity with the S1 Option forms this year and do you risk it or assume the indicative COPs hold.
Regardless, what's done is done. Hope the kids can get a good lunch, reset the mind a bit, and get ready for MT and Science next week. Good luck and don't give up/get discouraged!
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