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Old 15-05-2008: 15th May 2008 15:54 #1 
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Just wondering if all exams/subjects get scaled (usually scaled down I'm guessing) each year, depending on the overall performance all over the country? Or are there set boundaries? Thanks.
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Boundaries change but if you look at the boundaries for the years before, you can get a pretty good estimate what it will be
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Yeh, they usually do change.

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Usually stay between the 5% area.
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Thanks.

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Default Re: Do all subjects get scaled?
 
Biggest change I saw was in the ICT IGCSE (Edexcel). It went from 78% for an A* in 2006 to 62% in 2007...
 
 
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