CIE is changing grading criteria

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Cambridge international Examination will be changing its grading criteria from 2017.

How does the numerical system work?
We currently have eight grades and when the new grading is introduced we will have nine, with grade 9 bring the best available grade. How will the new system correlate to the old one?

• The new system allows for greater differentiation, having nine numerical grades in place of eight letter grades
• The new numbered grades will not translate directly from the old grades A* - G, but we do know that approximately the same proportion of students who currently achieve:
  • grade A or higher will receive a grade 7 or higher
  • grade C or higher will receive a grade 4 or higher
• Grade 9 will be a new grade for very high performing students, to be set as the top fifth of the current A grades
• Grade 5 will be the benchmark for a 'good pass'
• The bottom of grade 1 will be the same as the bottom of grade G

For more information visit: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/e...ls-given-top-marks-to-be-slashed-9727557.html