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Actual vs teacher grade boundaries

Hi!
So in a mock I did recently I achieved 69% in history and my teacher gave me a C borderline B. This is because they work on 80% being an A 70% being a B and 60% being a C etc.
However after looking at the actual grade boundaries 69% was an A!!!!
Does anyone have any idea as to why they would do this???
Thanks in advance!

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1) because it's easier for them
2) because it motivates you to work harder
Grade boundaries change every year

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Trust me. My teachers mark essays so harshly even though I've covered all the points thoroughly and precisely. Even my tutor once said my essays should be graded higher.

I just hope examiners are nice and meanies like my teachers are.


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I heard this year our papers will be graded more strictly than the previous years? Thats what my teachers say! :frown:
Aren't the examiners supposed to mark our papers more strictly this year unlike the other years? That's what they say in our school -_-
What exam board are you on because I'm on the Edexcel.


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Oh I am on Cambridge. IGCSE. Man it seems hard! =(
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Original post by hukdealz
1) because it's easier for them
2) because it motivates you to work harder


But it gives us an unrealistic view of what we're working at

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What exam board are you on because I'm on the Edexcel.


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It was Ocr AS history

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I don't think we have to get 90% to get a A* this year... But the teachers always mark in 10%s so like 80%=A etc.. But I think they are really much lower
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My teachers do this also but what they do is shift all the grade boundaries up so in sociology for example 70 is an A* but they made it an A so no one could get an A* even if you got full marks.. Apparently if you do get A* you'll stop working because you think you'll get it in the real exam..
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But it gives us an unrealistic view of what we're working at

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but is that a bad thing?

all teachers do it, and they're only doing it for your benefit.

If you got an A* in a GCSE mock, which can easily be done with very little revision, you might be inclined to do very little extra work on that subject. Then there's a high chance you might go onto get an A or even lower in the exam.

Really, you should be getting much higher in a GCSE mock. 69% is a very low percentage, even if it is an A*, so you've clearly got a lot of work to be doing...
Maybe the grade boundaries for the one you looked at were wrong ?
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Maybe the grade boundaries for the one you looked at were wrong ?

No it was the Jan 2012 ocr paper about attitudes towards the french monarchy which meant 69/100 = A
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but is that a bad thing?

all teachers do it, and they're only doing it for your benefit.

If you got an A* in a GCSE mock, which can easily be done with very little revision, you might be inclined to do very little extra work on that subject. Then there's a high chance you might go onto get an A or even lower in the exam.

Really, you should be getting much higher in a GCSE mock. 69% is a very low percentage, even if it is an A*, so you've clearly got a lot of work to be doing...


It was an AS level mock not GCSE.
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But it gives us an unrealistic view of what we're working at

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At the same time though, you will push beyond what is needed for that grade. So in the exam you will probably do better :smile:

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