SQA Marking

Hi, is anyone aware of how the SQA tally the marks for exams which contain multiple papers?

For example in Modern Studies, if I got 50% (C) in Paper 1 and 100% (A) in Paper 2, would they average out the grades to give and overall B, or would my percentage be averaged to give me 75% for an overall A?

Does the same system apply to every subject or do subjects combine grades/marks differently?

If anyone is aware of the system or has any links to further reading on it, I would greatly appreciate it.

Cheers

Reply 1

Jonzo_Boy

It would be your totals added

eg modern studies

50% in paper 1 would be 30 marks

100% in paper 2 would be 30 marks

total is 60 marks out of 90
so grade according to 2010 boundries would be B

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/EA_Report_Modern_Studies_Higher.pdf