english literature coursework

The grade boundaries vary every year so no one can tell you for sure until the results come out but they don't vary massively. NEA grade boundaries do tend to be very high. In 2018 and 2019 you needed 52/60 for an A and 58 for an A*

You can check them out at the notional component grade boundaries, 9ET0 Paper 4 https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/results-certification/grade-boundaries.html?Qualification-Family=AS-and-A-level

I wouldn't trust an English teacher's ability to calculate percentages - trust what's on the exam board site.

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In 2019 it was 70% for an A on the exam, so surely the boundary can't be that high for coursework? I'm taking the same exam. Are you taking the international A level?
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-boundaries/A-level/gce-subject-grade-boundaries.pdf

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Original post by penguingirl18

In 2019 it was 70% for an A on the exam, so surely the boundary can't be that high for coursework? I'm taking the same exam. Are you taking the international A level?
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-boundaries/A-level/gce-subject-grade-boundaries.pdf

The grade boundaries for the individual units vary massively Screenshot 2022-02-09 175743.png

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yeah i don’t know why they are so high… not everyone can achieve that high it’s kind of unfair like 58 for an A*??? wtf

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Original post by penguingirl18

In 2019 it was 70% for an A on the exam, so surely the boundary can't be that high for coursework? I'm taking the same exam. Are you taking the international A level?
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-boundaries/A-level/gce-subject-grade-boundaries.pdf

do you know your rough mark for coursework?

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Original post by succubus666

do you know your rough mark for coursework?

No, I'm not sure. (I'm self-studying.)

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Original post by penguingirl18

No, I'm not sure. (I'm self-studying.)

ohh okay! i’m worried now because the grade boundaries are so high and if i don’t achieve at least an A idk what i will do

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You have to be told your mark (but not a grade) in time for you to appeal it if you think the process to decide your grade was unfair before the marks have to be submitted to the exam board. The marks are then moderated by the exam board to correct for your school not marking to the expected standard and may well change (at a rough guess I'd say they change 20-25% of the time and I've never seen them go up)

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Original post by EOData

You have to be told your mark (but not a grade) in time for you to appeal it if you think the process to decide your grade was unfair before the marks have to be submitted to the exam board. The marks are then moderated by the exam board to correct for your school not marking to the expected standard and may well change (at a rough guess I'd say they change 20-25% of the time and I've never seen them go up)

wait i’m confused sorry, my marks have to be told by my teacher and if i think it’s unfair i then appeal? i’m just confused on how this all works because i don’t think my teacher is very good at explaining this

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Original post by succubus666

Hi does anyone know the grade boundaries for a level english literature coursework for edexcel exam board? i know it’s out of 60 but on some of the websites it says you need 52 for an A and 58 for an A* which seems really high so i don’t know if that’s accurate? my teacher said you need 80% for an A which i calculated it to be 48 marks but i’m not sure. does anyone know how it works?

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Original post by succubus666

wait i’m confused sorry, my marks have to be told by my teacher and if i think it’s unfair i then appeal? i’m just confused on how this all works because i don’t think my teacher is very good at explaining this

Your school has to have a policy about non-examination assessment which they have to tell you about. When your work has been marked and internally moderated they have to tell you what mark you got and tell you how you can challenge that and how long you have to do it. After the window to do this the marks are submitted to the exam board. They select a sample of work (for Edexcel it's a randomly generated list plus the highest and lowest marks if they aren't in the random sample) which the school has to send off to be moderated. Based on what the moderator thinks of the marking of this sample, the whole centre's work MAY be adjusted to bring it into line with the expected marking standards

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Original post by EOData

Your school has to have a policy about non-examination assessment which they have to tell you about. When your work has been marked and internally moderated they have to tell you what mark you got and tell you how you can challenge that and how long you have to do it. After the window to do this the marks are submitted to the exam board. They select a sample of work (for Edexcel it's a randomly generated list plus the highest and lowest marks if they aren't in the random sample) which the school has to send off to be moderated. Based on what the moderator thinks of the marking of this sample, the whole centre's work MAY be adjusted to bring it into line with the expected marking standards

oh i see. so if my work wasn’t checked for moderation would i just then receive the final mark my teacher gave me?

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Original post by succubus666

oh i see. so if my work wasn’t checked for moderation would i just then receive the final mark my teacher gave me?

No. the moderated sample is used to decide if all the marking is fair - so they may mark yours down based on the fact they think the marking of other people's work is too generous without ever seeing yours. If they feel they can't get a clear view of the overall marking standard from the initial sample then they ask for more work.

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Original post by EOData

No. the moderated sample is used to decide if all the marking is fair - so they may mark yours down based on the fact they think the marking of other people's work is too generous without ever seeing yours. If they feel they can't get a clear view of the overall marking standard from the initial sample then they ask for more work.

oh omg that’s so unfair to be honest, thanks for explaining, im just worried now :/

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Original post by succubus666

oh omg that’s so unfair to be honest, thanks for explaining, im just worried now :/

It's how all coursework/NEA works - unless it is all directly marked by the exam board (which only happens for a few rare mdoules)

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Original post by EOData

It's how all coursework/NEA works - unless it is all directly marked by the exam board (which only happens for a few rare mdoules)

yeah i just hope i get an A at least, or hopefully my exams bring my grade up :/

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Original post by succubus666

ohh okay! i’m worried now because the grade boundaries are so high and if i don’t achieve at least an A idk what i will do

Me too!

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Original post by penguingirl18

Me too!

what did you apply for?

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