CIE Grading System

[Fallen316]

Asalam o alaikum,
I had this doubt about the percentage system .
I read somewhere on this forum that 80% & above is A while 90% above is A*.
But most of my friends have almost convinced me that A begins from 85%.
Ill be really grateful is someone cleared this doubt with proof

 

[linkinpark]

Well there has been a lotttttt of argument on this issue ...
Simply you just take syllabus of any subject and take a look at its last page containing info about percentage etc
It's clearly written that A* is on 90%
and A grade is on 80%
they are awarded according to our raw marks but after the application of GRADE THRESHOLDS ( grade boundaries)

 

[ppaayas]

Every year is different, a paper could be hard one year and simpler the other year, there have been years when an A* in Math was as low as 85, and at times 95+. Its not fixed, the page you are talking about is just an estimate to let you know how you should perform to get a certain grade.

 

[Fallen316]

Still confused :/

 

[twelveoclock]

Look it's certain that 90% is A* and 80% is A.
But sometimes papers are a bit difficult or a bit easy so they raise or decrease the percentage accordingly.

 

[..sacrifice4Revenge..]

forget all
jst remember that A*- 90% and above
A- 80% and above
FOR All Papers..At every Time...

 

[Fallen316]

thank you .

 

[Iridescent]

CIE somtimes does relative marking where da grading criteria changes accordin to how hard or easy a ppr is compard 2 da past yrs while da normal marking is A above or on 80% n A* above or on 90%.
hope u undrstud!

 

[Monojit Saha]

ya,, thats it 90% is A star,, in any papers

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

Everyone here is right!
A* is on 90% and A is on 80% as written on the syllabus. But the criteria for marking is different.
Percentile system is used in O levels but it doesn't change the grade boundaries.

 

[HassanBinFahim]

Everyone here is right!
A* is on 90% and A is on 80% as written on the syllabus. But the criteria for marking is different.
Percentile system is used in O levels but it doesn't change the grade boundaries.

Which percentile is A* & A ?

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

Percentile varies each year so there is no confromation about that.

 

[HassanBinFahim]

Percentile varies each year so there is no confromation about that.

Any guess about last year e.t.c ?

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

nope, CIE don't release it for O levels

 

[muddassar sahrif]

e mail cie , simple answer

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

like they would tell you
First of all I have E-mail them for this cause many times, yet i get replies which are totally different to my queries

 

[F.J.S 808]

What About the Islamiat.....??

 

[irfan.kheerdali]

what about grading (1-9), what are the % to get 1?????????how cambridge people count chemistry,physics,biology papers???

 

[cr7fan]

Well i checked the grade thresholds and they show that for an A you need 93 marks but the say from 130 marks . Can anyone explain why ?

 

[ravishta]

hi wanna to how about the grading system of cie that is what does the numbers 1 to 13 represent?