All About T-Score

[Dreamgear]

jtoh:

Not sure what the deciding factor is for allocating 3rd lang in high demand. Just know that some students who opted for popular 3rd lang didn't get their choice. Maybe language abilities play a bigger deciding factor than overall T-score.

From MOE website :

Eligible top 10% pupils can apply for French/ German/ Japanese online upon the release of their PSLE results. Pupils opting for Japanese Language are required to have passed Higher Chinese/ Chinese at the PSLE as the standard written form of Japanese uses Kanji (Chinese characters). In the event that the number of applicants exceeds that of vacancies, selection will be based on their PSLE results. To be eligible for the Foreign Language Programme, the applicant OR his father OR his mother must be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.

[Dreamgear]

anxious.dad:

Dreamgear:

Top 10% - Japanese, German, French

(Jap need higher chinese pass, i think)

Top 30% - Regional Languages

I think the Regional Languages (Malay (Special Programme), Chinese (Special Programme), Bahasa Indonesia and Arabic) are offered to all S1 students in the Express and NA stream.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/language-programmes/

This is right. Thank you for the correction.

[anxious.01501dad]

Dreamgear:

anxious.dad:

[quote=\"Dreamgear\"]

Top 10% - Japanese, German, French

(Jap need higher chinese pass, i think)

Top 30% - Regional Languages

I think the Regional Languages (Malay (Special Programme), Chinese (Special Programme), Bahasa Indonesia and Arabic) are offered to all S1 students in the Express and NA stream.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/language-programmes/

This is right. Thank you for the correction.[/quote]You are welcome.

[33mama]

With 2002/3 being the SARS hot period, cohorts taking PSLE in 2014/5 respectively will have the tendency of having higher T-score?


For all to comment and your views please.

Will schools on top have a tendency to fill up their classes thus having high t-score? :scratchhead:

[ngl2010]

T-score follows bell curve. So, I think smaller cohorts does not necessarily means higher t-score.


If you are talking about secondary school, last year's dragon cohorts have higher cut-off t-score because the cohort is larger so it is more competitive.

If 2014/5 has smaller cohorts, I think the cut-off point to top secondary school could be lower. So, it is easier to get in :evil:

Anyway, I am not a statistician. Just my 2-cents.

[67283]

Got another question about this foreign language thing:

You’ve got two students who are both in top 10%

Alex: 263, GEP, EESIS due to GEP
Anna: 264, no EESIS

Both apply for same foreign language. Alex gets it but Anna doesn’t. How is this possible?

There may be a few things that I didn’t include so tell me

Thanks.

[jtoh]

67283:

Got another question about this foreign language thing:

You've got two students who are both in top 10%

Alex: 263, GEP, EESIS due to GEP
Anna: 264, no EESIS

Both apply for same foreign language. Alex gets it but Anna doesn't. How is this possible?

There may be a few things that I didn't include so tell me

Thanks.

This is hypothetical? Bec it's not possible that someone with 264 did not get EESIS unless she's not Singaporean.

[ngl2010]

jtoh:

67283:

Got another question about this foreign language thing:

You've got two students who are both in top 10%

Alex: 263, GEP, EESIS due to GEP
Anna: 264, no EESIS

Both apply for same foreign language. Alex gets it but Anna doesn't. How is this possible?

There may be a few things that I didn't include so tell me

Thanks.

This is hypothetical? Bec it's not possible that someone with 264 did not get EESIS unless she's not Singaporean.

If she is not in the top 1/3 of the school, she won't get it, right? Girls usually have higher t-score than boys.

[Nebbermind]

jtoh:

67283:

Got another question about this foreign language thing:

You've got two students who are both in top 10%

Alex: 263, GEP, EESIS due to GEP
Anna: 264, no EESIS

Both apply for same foreign language. Alex gets it but Anna doesn't. How is this possible?

There may be a few things that I didn't include so tell me

Thanks.

This is hypothetical? Bec it's not possible that someone with 264 did not get EESIS unless she's not Singaporean.

Same school? or Anna not in Independent School?

[Nebbermind]

If I’m not wrong, SARS only appeared at end of 2002. If the birth rate is low for that year, I doubt it has anything to do with SARS.