Possible for PSLE result to be wrong??

[cindylauper]

Hi, my daughter got 3 A* in English, Maths and Science plus 1 A in Chinese. Her score is 253 only. I am wondering if there is an error somewhere? Wondering if I should ask MOE to audit or is this normal?


Will someone please please comment?

:?:

[mathsparks]

Let it rest, Cindylauper. Your girl has done very well. :congrats: Time to move on.

[westmom]

cindylauper:

Hi, my daughter got 3 A* in English, Maths and Science plus 1 A in Chinese. Her score is 253 only. I am wondering if there is an error somewhere? Wondering if I should ask MOE to audit or is this normal?


Will someone please please comment?

:?:

If it makes you feel better, my relative has the same grading on the same subjects as your dd and the score is around 253. Another friend's son has 2A* (Eng & Science) and 2A with higher score at 259.

[ycpang]

cindylauper:

Hi, my daughter got 3 A* in English, Maths and Science plus 1 A in Chinese. Her score is 253 only. I am wondering if there is an error somewhere? Wondering if I should ask MOE to audit or is this normal?


Will someone please please comment?

:?:

This is not uncommon. From what I know, there are worse cases such as 3A* & 1A but with T-240+ only.

[turquoise]

I’ve heard of 3A* & 1A ranging from 245-270 this year. The 245 case could have had weak A* and A scores, while the 270 case could have had strong A* and A scores. Happens all the time.

[tutormum]

cindylauper:

Hi, my daughter got 3 A* in English, Maths and Science plus 1 A in Chinese. Her score is 253 only. I am wondering if there is an error somewhere? Wondering if I should ask MOE to audit or is this normal?


Will someone please please comment?

:?:

I doubt so. My son got the same grades as your daughter but only 251. Based on his prelim results, this is the min score he should get (335/400 x 0.75 = 251). However, he only get A* for Maths and A for the rest. It does seems that he has done better based on the A*/A for PSLE but I'm sure they are low A* except for Maths. I'm happy that he managed to pull in A* for English and Science for PSLE. :celebrate: Compared to his whole class, the result is fairly consistent. If you read through other threads or posts in this forum, you may have a better understanding of how the T score is calculated. I understand how you feel cos I was also feeling a bit disappointed at first that he scored the min expected score. I was hoping that he pulled in 260 or so. Anyway, we should be happy that our children have done well and ranked among the top 10%. :celebrate: Let's move on and help them prepare for the next milestone.

[MdmKS]

turquoise:

I've heard of 3A* & 1A ranging from 245-270 this year. The 245 case could have had weak A* and A scores, while the 270 case could have had strong A* and A scores. Happens all the time.

In this case, what could be the lowest Tscore for A* and its corresponding raw score?

[James Ang]

cindylauper:

Hi, my daughter got 3 A* in English, Maths and Science plus 1 A in Chinese. Her score is 253 only. I am wondering if there is an error somewhere? Wondering if I should ask MOE to audit or is this normal?


Will someone please please comment?

:?:

my students gets 3 A* for EMS, 1B for Chinese, he gets 240.

[turquoise]

MdmKS:

turquoise:

I've heard of 3A* & 1A ranging from 245-270 this year. The 245 case could have had weak A* and A scores, while the 270 case could have had strong A* and A scores. Happens all the time.

In this case, what could be the lowest Tscore for A* and its corresponding raw score?

Don't think anyone but MOE knows. Also TScore is different for different subjects.

[omron]

It really depends on the high or low As or As you have. Imagine a person having 4A can have a lower Tscore than someone with 3A*s 1A. Its not a mistake by SEAB but its the quality of the grades that counts.


Unless you are talking about marking error, you can chose to pay $50 to have the paper checked, sometimes that can do wonders to ur child’s grades…