Question about how they work out scores

Say, for example, out of 75, you scored 47, but the paper was really easy or really hard.

When they work out your score out of 100, do they just x by 1.333? How do they get your score to reflect how hard/easy the exam was?

Do they upgrade or downgrade from 47 to give you a more realistic score and then give it out of 100?

I dont know what the fuss is about grade boundaries for individual exams because they make no difference to the overall UMS boundaries which are always 360, 420, 480 etc.

There are 2 sets of grade boundaries - the RAW and the UMS.

The UMS never change, the RAW changes to reflect the exam.

The RAW boundaries equate to the UMS boundaries.

So they could set any RAW mark out of 75 to be the A grade boundary and that would equal 80% of the UMS - 80/100 which the A grade boundary on the UMS.

The A and E boundaries are judged by the awarding commitee after all papers have been marked. The other boundaries are evenly distributed in between.

Thanks for the reply but it hasn't made it any clearer. I know there are two sets of scores, but i'm asking how do they change (if they do) the RAW scores to reflect how hard the exam was?

Not bothered about Grades on the individual papers, just how they convert RAW marks to UMS depending on the nature of the exam

Thanks for the reply but it hasn't made it any clearer. I know there are two sets of scores, but i'm asking how do they change (if they do) the RAW scores to reflect how hard the exam was?

Not bothered about Grades on the individual papers, just how they convert RAW marks to UMS depending on the nature of the exam