I was marking my chem exam (aqa) and i had a look at the examiners report and it said I needed 44/60 to achieve an A grade. That's 73%. However, i thought you needed a straight 80% correct, which wud be 48. Which do i follow?
Use the one in the examiners report if you want the acurate mark.
A-level actual marks are converted into Uniform Marks which are what your grade is based on. These vary depending on how hard the exam is, so if it was a particularly hard exam then theoretically you might only need 44/45 marks for an A where as if it was an easy one it could go the other way and require 49/50 for an A.
Perhaps people didn't do too well that year? Don't think there's a standard percentage you need to get a particular grade as they mess with them every year to get the Uniform marks. Correct me if i'm wrong anyone.
Well once all the candiates took the exam, there is strict guidelines that the top 20% get an A and the bottom 20% fail. This means if it was a hard paper then it would be a lower grade boundaries but if it was easy then the boundaries would rise. This why critics saying grade inflaion is rising due to the fact that schools are intensley just giving information to the pupil just recite in the exam. Not teaching the skills needed to suceed at Uni, hence your more likly to drop out if you are a Grammar school pupil rather than a comprehensive pupil. I was just talking to my Eco teacher about this a few weeks ago.
It's true that it depends on how well everyone does in the exam, but it's not true that 20% get an A and 20% fail. At the end of the examiners report it shows you the exact percentages of each exam and how many % got which grade etc. Usually only about 2% fail overall. The A grade boundary for AQA Chemistry is usually around 80% and doesn't vary much from that (over the past 5 years its been between 70% and 83%) Other subjects, it could be as low as 60% for an A grade.
Use the one in the examiners report if you want the acurate mark.
A-level actual marks are converted into Uniform Marks which are what your grade is based on. These vary depending on how hard the exam is, so if it was a particularly hard exam then theoretically you might only need 44/45 marks for an A where as if it was an easy one it could go the other way and require 49/50 for an A.
There isn't really much conversion with Maths because of it's nature, i.e. definite answers. The more essay orientated exams tend to be scaled up more when converted to UMS.
Hiya, I'm wordering if anyone can ease my confusion Say for instance on my results statement from AQA for my biology module Core Prinicples my UMS is 57 out of 90 so I got a C. How do they work out the UMS as the maxium marks you can get on the exam paper is 54!
The mark you get in the exam (your raw mark) is adjusted depending on how everyone did, so if it's a hard paper, you may need less than 80% for an A, but if it's easy, you may need more.
Your raw mark out of 60 is adjusted to a UMS mark out of 90 depending on how everyone else did, so you don't need as many marks to get an A on a difficult paper as you do on an easier one.