Edexcel C2 Grade Boundaries

Has anyone else noticed the steep grade boundaries from 2010 onwards?
Have a look:
June 2009 - 53/75 for an A
Jan 2010 - 54/75 for an A
June 2010 - 62/75 for an A
Jan 2011 - 65/75 for an A
June 2011 - 62/75 for an A
Jan 2012 - 61/75 for an A
June 2012 - 63/75 for an A
Jan 2013 - 64/75 for an A

Why the huge increase from January 2010 to June 2010? Its 8 marks which is over 10% of the paper!
It's really annoying because I've just done the June 2009 paper and got 59/75, a solid A, but looking at the rest of the grades it would only be a B :mad:

It wasn't even a particularly easy paper either, I'd love to see the earlier grade boundaries to confirm that they made it harder to get an A after 2010. (Either that or made the papers easier.)
Anyway, good luck for your exam!

Reply 1

BradleyAllison

8

erm it was because of the goverment thinking that A-levels are too easy. Can you remember on the news when it was going on about highering the grade boundaries as too many people were getting A's.

Reply 2

Meathead-jack

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Original post by BradleyAllison

erm it was because of the goverment thinking that A-levels are too easy. Can you remember on the news when it was going on about highering the grade boundaries as too many people were getting A's.

I hope you're not taking English..

Reply 3

BradleyAllison

8

Original post by Meathead-jack

I hope you're not taking English..

Haha why not? Is it because I started with 'erm'?

Reply 4

gdunne42

21

Original post by charj09

Has anyone else noticed the steep grade boundaries from 2010 onwards?
Have a look:
June 2009 - 53/75 for an A
Jan 2010 - 54/75 for an A
June 2010 - 62/75 for an A
Jan 2011 - 65/75 for an A
June 2011 - 62/75 for an A
Jan 2012 - 61/75 for an A
June 2012 - 63/75 for an A
Jan 2013 - 64/75 for an A

Why the huge increase from January 2010 to June 2010? Its 8 marks which is over 10% of the paper!
It's really annoying because I've just done the June 2009 paper and got 59/75, a solid A, but looking at the rest of the grades it would only be a B :mad:

It wasn't even a particularly easy paper either, I'd love to see the earlier grade boundaries to confirm that they made it harder to get an A after 2010. (Either that or made the papers easier.)
Anyway, good luck for your exam!

In Jan 2005 it was 62
June 2005 - 60
Jan 2006 - 64
June 2006 - 67
Jan 2007 - 62
June 2007 - 59
Jan 2008 - 62
June 2008 - 63

They really have not made the grade boundaries harder in recent years and the % of students achieving the top grades has not fallen, though there does seem to be an effort to inject a little bit more challenge and variety into some of the papers..