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    What is lowest PSLE aggregate you can score with 4A*?

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    • B Offline
      Brenda10
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      atutor2001:
      No special formula. My computation is based on raw score x 0.712.

      The magic figure of 0.712 was derived from those years of sleepless nights, trying to figure out what my kids T-score would be and it is pretty accurate and consistent for a \"normal\" PSLE i.e. without killer paper.

      If there is a killer paper and the student does well for that paper, his T-scope will be higher than that computed using 0.712. (the increment is more if you get A* for the killer paper). The reverse is true. The subjects that affect the T-score most are Chinese and Math so die die must do well.
      Hi actor2001
      :goodpost:
      Your formula is user friendly and we at least can learn how to estimate for our children.

      Noted your comments and that why's I am very concern over the quality of the CL compo. as well as the CL Oral.


      Thank you.

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        Sun_2010
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        atutor2001:



        The magic figure of 0.712 was derived from those years of sleepless nights, trying to figure out what my kids T-score would be and it is pretty accurate and consistent for a \"normal\" PSLE i.e. without killer paper.

        Hi verykiasu2010

        Sorry read your earlier post wrongly mistaken normal A* to be normal A.

        let say high A* is 99 and normal A* is 93 then my bluff is T-score about 273
        Haha, i tot i was the only one wasting DD time in speculating about the intricacies of T-Score, with all the ifs and suppose and what ifs.

        Is there anywhere you can get the national mean score for each subject -past years?

        My thesis :lol: makes me feel that the constant (0.712) will vary for the ranges. ie it will be higher if a person scored all A* s. etc. and

        By your logis for one who scores 100 in each subject, will get only 285 as T-score :shock:

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          jtoh
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          verykiasu2010:
          phankao:

          [quote=\"James Ang\"]
          Eg, last year one of my student scored 3 A* for EMS but he got B for MT, aggregate 240 go to neighborhood school.

          Too bad he did not have DSA. I heard some GEP students were caught this way too, getting 240+ and no DSA.

          that causes some panic to some parents now ...[/quote]Once you score a B in any subject your chances of scoring more than low 240 is very slim.

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            Augmum
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            Brenda10:
            My two friends' son and daughter both got 4A each and their t-score were 238 and 239 respectively in last year.

            last year, one of my gal's classmate scored 4 As
            intially, her mum when heard her \"4 A\" was very happy.....
            but later realised that the T-score was only 22X

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              Sun_2010
              last edited by

              btw atutor,

              I have read ur posts before about t-score. At that point never understood what you meant by low score in maths /Chinese can pull t-score down a lot.

              Only when i palyed around with scores, SDs and means i realised how true ur conclusions were . So Thanks U.

              Maths today- waaaaaaa, cant bear the tension.

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                jtoh
                last edited by

                Augmum:
                Brenda10:

                My two friends' son and daughter both got 4A each and their t-score were 238 and 239 respectively in last year.


                last year, one of my gal's classmate scored 4 As
                intially, her mum when heard her \"4 A\" was very happy.....
                but later realised that the T-score was only 22X

                Oh dear. 😞

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                  Brenda10
                  last edited by

                  Augmum:
                  Brenda10:

                  My two friends' son and daughter both got 4A each and their t-score were 238 and 239 respectively in last year.


                  last year, one of my gal's classmate scored 4 As
                  intially, her mum when heard her \"4 A\" was very happy.....
                  but later realised that the T-score was only 22X

                  :shock: . 4A could be 238-239 and also could be 22X...., different almost 10 marks.

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                    psledau
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                    jtoh:
                    Augmum:

                    [quote=\"Brenda10\"]My two friends' son and daughter both got 4A each and their t-score were 238 and 239 respectively in last year.


                    last year, one of my gal's classmate scored 4 As
                    intially, her mum when heard her \"4 A\" was very happy.....
                    but later realised that the T-score was only 22X

                    Oh dear. :([/quote]oh dear, it makes us nervous, our kids are having their exams now and we are already guessing their T-scores. Can't imagine when the day comes when the results are released 🙏

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                      verykiasu2010
                      last edited by

                      jtoh:
                      verykiasu2010:

                      [quote=\"phankao\"]
                      Too bad he did not have DSA. I heard some GEP students were caught this way too, getting 240+ and no DSA.

                      that causes some panic to some parents now ...

                      Once you score a B in any subject your chances of scoring more than low 240 is very slim.[/quote]have seen people with 4As only 23x

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                        verykiasu2010
                        last edited by

                        Sun_2010:
                        btw atutor,

                        I have read ur posts before about t-score. At that point never understood what you meant by low score in maths /Chinese can pull t-score down a lot.

                        Only when i palyed around with scores, SDs and means i realised how true ur conclusions were . So Thanks U.

                        Maths today- waaaaaaa, cant bear the tension.
                        the mean for math and CL are usually higher than Sci and EL, and SD is smaller than Sci & EL

                        seems like there is a correlation between CL & MA

                        but bear in mind the 0.712 is an observation only, an estimate

                        every year the mean and SD for every subject fluctuates within certain range

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