Grading Methods

[twelveoclock]

I wanna know how exactly they give us grades. Obviously we know that 90% is A*, 80 is A and so on.

But in the May/June papers, I saw the "gt" thing with the papers and marking schemes and they had a different grading system written there?
Is it that they see how difficult the paper is and grade accordingly?

 

[tahatehseen]

they construct a grade threshold and give marks according to that... then the percentiles are calculated. 90% means ur marks were more than 90% of the students!

 

[twelveoclock]

Umm and how exactly are the grade thresholds created?

 

[abcde]

Hope this helps. =)

 

[fatikhalid]

dont v get an A* on 95 in these oct/nov 2011 paper?

 

[abcde]

^No. This has already been made quite clear in earlier posts, too.

 

[twelveoclock]

Thank you.

They really like complications but glad to see they try and grade fairly.
So if I attempted a horrible history paper that would eran me 55-60 marks but I manage a 68+ geography paper, it's likely that I'll escape a B?

 

[fatikhalid]

^No. This has already been made quite clear in earlier posts, too.

so 90% is A* n 85% is A?

 

[awaisbuttrocksCIE]

Its quite clear that 80-89 is an A and 90 onward :friends: is an A* but the percentile system helps to lower the grading system as far as the total marks are concerned>>>>>GO SEE A GRADE THRESHOLD

 

[Salar2011]

Where do we find the grade thresholds

 

[CaptainDanger]

^ for which subject?

 

[Salar2011]

Can anyone please upload the grade thresholds for GCE O level.

 

[CaptainDanger]

There are not available for O levels... CIE never released those...

 

[Salar2011]

Cant i even get grade thresholds for stats
I heard Cambridge University does publish them but they are only available on the teachers support website.
Surely some teacher must have showed their students the grade boundaries.

 

[CaptainDanger]

That is not the case...