dividing A grades into 4 parts?

any views on this? jsut read it in the paper, if the pass rate rises again (and it probably will) one reform they are considering is to divide the A grade into tiers, so universities can distinguish more clearly how well we're doing.

any views on this? jsut read it in the paper, if the pass rate rises again (and it probably will) one reform they are considering is to divide the A grade into tiers, so universities can distinguish more clearly how well we're doing.

I've heard of it as well..have they made any indications whether the overall performance has improved or become worse this year?

I heard it was a record high percentage of A grades this year....something like 22-23 %??

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any views on this? jsut read it in the paper, if the pass rate rises again (and it probably will) one reform they are considering is to divide the A grade into tiers, so universities can distinguish more clearly how well we're doing.

they've said the general pass rate has risen to an estimated 95% and that 1 in 5 people now get A's.

thing is, those 1 in 5 people could get just one A, and get D's in everything else

I don't think its 1 in 5 get an A..it think its 1 in 5 grades are As. As you'll find that a lot of people get straight As....and a lot get straight Cs or something like that.

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1 in 5 grades are an A? i'd have thought there'd be more A's that way. although i suppose with the number of people that get straight A's, it's likely

i'd like to know the % of students getting A's in particular subject fields. On the one hand i'm reading how exams are getting so much easier, on the other hand im reading in examiners reports how about 50% of students taking chem synoptic paper get less than 20/60.

OMG, that's my fear chem synoptic and physics synoptic So scared....

Yeah...but the raw marks will be standardised into UMS marks...so if everyone did poorly...it'll mean the UMS marks will be higher in proportion to the raw marks. I heard last years bio synoptic....23/37 was an A....i hope its the same this year

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Four tiers sounds too complicated - typical of this government. Why not just have A* if you get to 90 per cent?

O shoot you reminded me of bio synoptic and our S4 paper was so hard most of the people i know only completed 3 or 4 out of 5 questions

or why not scrap a levels all together just let the universities test u, and if ur not goin to uni dont do a levels, do something useful like be an electrician instead of wasting the 2 years and tax payers money