Review Underway of the Educational System

[Chenonceau]

I THINK (not sure) that there is a set mark for A.


However, the paper can be set in such a way that up to 75% of marks are pitched at easy difficulty, with the remaining 25% difficult. The variance would thus be between 75%-100% but within the band, there will still be differentiation that is relevant to the t-score.

My 2 cents. Not sure.

[jtoh]

Hi Brenda and Chenonceau,


Thanks for your replies.

I always assumed that there was no pre-set mark for the grades but got a little confused after reading some of the posts in the Education thread.

[Nebbermind]

jtoh:

Hi Brenda and Chenonceau,


Thanks for your replies.

I always assumed that there was no pre-set mark for the grades but got a little confused after reading some of the posts in the Education thread.

hmm....I've always thought it's the reverse, ie, the grades have pre-set.

[Chenonceau]

Ok… now… I am confused…

[MandyMummy]

The marks for any national exams should not be preset. It should be based on cohort performance. Same for Cambridge exams in which they need to draw the curve and to determine the cut-off for each grade.

[Chenonceau]

Brenda10:

A and A*

English 44.3%
Math 43.3%
Science 43.2%
Chinese 81.2%

Mandymummy, so they set the cut-off at 80% under the curve for A hah?

:faint:

[MandyMummy]

I dunno how they do the cut-off for each grade in each subject. My take is that the analysis is the same since GCE ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels exams statistics are analyzed by Singapore not by Cambridge.

[Chenonceau]

MandyMummy:

I dunno how they do the cut-off for each grade in each subject. My take is that the analysis is the same since GCE 'O' and 'A' levels exams statistics are analyzed by Singapore not by Cambridge.

Thanks

[jtoh]

Thanks MandyMummy. So my original interpretation was correct. That the grades are dependent on cohort performance. I guess until MOE says something we won’t really know.

[jesschan]

I think the grades are based on fixed cut-off marks but T-score depends on the cohort’s performance. That is why two kids with the same grades can differ in Tscore.