All About GEP

[clover18]

25hr mama:

clover18:

Hi, today is the P6 gep social studies prelim. I was told that besides a pass/fail, the kids will also be graded as distinction / merit / pass. Does anyone know the cut-off or range of marks for each grade? TIA!

Hi clover18, I believe it will be like the grading for HCL:-
Distinction - 80-100
Merit - 65-79
Pass - 50-64

Hi 25hrmama, thank you!

[Nebbermind]

Regarding the t-score of 250, there are exceptions.

[25hr mama]

Nebbermind:

Regarding the t-score of 250, there are exceptions.

Hi Nebbermind, what do u mean by there r exception?

[Nebbermind]

25hr mama:

Nebbermind:

Regarding the t-score of 250, there are exceptions.

Hi Nebbermind, what do u mean by there r exception?

There are known cases of lower score still getting the award...and AFAIK, 250 is not stated in MOE website.

[jtoh]

Nebbermind:

25hr mama:

[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]Regarding the t-score of 250, there are exceptions.

Hi Nebbermind, what do u mean by there r exception?

There are known cases of lower score still getting the award...and AFAIK, 250 is not stated in MOE website.[/quote]The cases of students still getting the award despite not meeting the requirement, were they from last year's batch?

[Nebbermind]

Nope, it’s a few years back. Perhaps they trust that the dsa schools have down their due diligent assessment when they granted the dsa.

[jtoh]

Nebbermind:

Nope, it's a few years back. Perhaps they trust that the dsa schools have down their due diligent assessment when they granted the dsa.

That explains it. The 250 criteria was introduced last year.

[Nebbermind]

Hmmm…but they seemed to be still quiet abt 250 in their website. Wonder why…

[jtoh]

Nebbermind:

Hmmm...but they seemed to be still quiet abt 250 in their website. Wonder why...

It was made known to the GEP students and their parents. Maybe it only concerns them? Or the IT dept not very on the ball?

[iFirefly]

jtoh:

Nebbermind:

Hmmm...but they seemed to be still quiet abt 250 in their website. Wonder why...

It was made known to the GEP students and their parents. Maybe it only concerns them? Or the IT dept not very on the ball?

No wonder.. Never heard of this 250 criteria 2 years ago. Was told that as long as the GEP kid maintained his/her GEP status at the end of P6 (ie. meeting the 70% baseline for all subjects, including Social Studies, and with no behavioral issues), he/she would definitely be granted EESiS. In fact, DS' teachers said so far (2 years ago), no GEP kid in the school had not been granted EESIS.