Is A=A asterisk??

[123add1]

i am wondering whether A is equal to A star?does anyone know?
i will be truly appreciated if somebody could tell me.Thank you

 

[abcde]

A and A* are two different grades! A is for 80% and above marks whereas A* is for 90% and above marks.

 

[scouserlfc]

abcde is 100% correct.

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

Well I think 85 is A and 90 is A* !! Correct me if i m wrong

 

[CaptainDanger]

Correcting that... The person above you is right Salman

 

[CaptainDanger]

In a way you are right too.... 85 % is A and 90% A*. LOl But from 80% to 89% is A...

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

ohhhh!!

 

[CaptainDanger]

Yeah...

 

[falcon678]

well i heard that from 2011 grading system will be changed....................how true is that?????

 

[intelnehalem]

well i heard that from 2011 grading system will be changed....................how true is that?????

It may be true, well if Pigs fly xD
The grading system will remain the same

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

Well I hope percentile system is still there !!

 

[CaptainDanger]

I dont get that at all? The checking system!!!!

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

Yeah!! CIE has the most complicated grading system in the world !!

 

[abcde]

Yes it is there as far as I know

 

[CaptainDanger]

Haha! abcde: people say its not there anymore??? :/

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

I think that is just a rumour !!

 

[CaptainDanger]

Then can someone please make me understand how it goes?? I mean the grading system?

 

[SalmanPakRocks]

Well i don't know exactly but i will try! Consider a Candidate A and B. Suppose a very hard papers comes and highest marks acheive would be 80/100 which was acheived by Candidate A so Candidate B will be marked the following if he has taken 70 marks (70/80)*100 in this way it would be more easy to achieve A*

 

[CaptainDanger]

Yeah thats easy... I hope its this way... THanks

But I dont get this:

Many people have been asking about the new grade policy. In fact this is the most frequent qst that i'm coming across. I replied many pm's too but here is an example for those who still have confusions after reading my earlier topic on the new grade policy.

Assume there are 2 papers of subject X. P1 has 40 marks. And p2 has 60 marks. If in July CIE sets the minimum number of marks required for an A in p1 as 32/40 and for a B as 29/40. Likewise it sets A at 52/60 in P2 and B as 48/60 in P2. So, you need a minimum of this to achieve the required grade in each paper. Now, CIE will total your number of marks. One thing is for sure the minimum required to get A* will be set as many marks above the sum of the Grade A minimum as the grade B is below it. In this example:

for B: 29 + 48 = 77/100

FOR "A" 32 + 52 = 84/100.

Now CIE will subtract the minimum for a B from A.

Hence, 84-77 = 7 marks.

These will be added to the sum of A grade marks i.e. 84 + 7 = 91 marks. Therefore, 91/100 will be the minimum for an A*.

So, you can see it is not necessary to get a minimum in each paper. If you got say 31/40 in P1 it'll be given grade B according to our assumptions above. And if you got 60/60 in P2 you'll get an A in p2. But the total will be 31 + 60 = 91 marks. Hence, you've achieved the minimum for A* .

The minimum for A* that is 91/100 in our example will be mapped onto a percentage uniform mark of 90%.

The minimum for A in our example 84 will be mapped onto a percentage uniform mark of 80% .

Thats how it will work.

 

[123add1]

i did not mean about the marks.i am asking that whether a level skuls will consider A and A asterisk as different grades?