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Scaling of Marks / Grade Thresholds

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Karan:
Hey!
I'm just a little confused about how to interpret the grade thresholds... I just did an A2 chemistry paper, and scored 70/100... the grade threshold says that the minimum mark to get an A is 54/100 for that paper... does that mean that I would have scored an A in the actual exam even if I had only answered 70% correctly?

If the minimum mark for an A according the grade threshold was 60/100, and I scored 65/100, would the mark on my CIE marksheet be above 80?

Deadly_king:

--- Quote from: Karan on October 15, 2010, 10:41:03 am ---Hey!
I'm just a little confused about how to interpret the grade thresholds... I just did an A2 chemistry paper, and scored 70/100... the grade threshold says that the minimum mark to get an A is 54/100 for that paper... does that mean that I would have scored an A in the actual exam even if I had only answered 70% correctly?

If the minimum mark for an A according the grade threshold was 60/100, and I scored 65/100, would the mark on my CIE marksheet be above 80?

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Yeah.........you would have scored an A. But you did not do the paper under exam conditions. So it's not likely to be so easy :P

The threshold mark depends on the difficulty of the paper. It may vary as far as 60%. In this case it was 54 which means many students who sat for the paper that year found it hard.

I don't know if they would be writing above 80, but you'll surely get an A :)

Karan:
Lol... that's true... I do time myself while doing papers, but it's far more relaxed at home than under exam conditions!

Anyway, thanks for the help!  :)

Deadly_king:

--- Quote from: Karan on October 15, 2010, 10:56:57 am ---Lol... that's true... I do time myself while doing papers, but it's far more relaxed at home than under exam conditions!

Anyway, thanks for the help!  :)

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Anytime dude :)

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