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LearningMath

Oh dear god :rolleyes:

It has everything to do with UMS. Naturally the difficulty of papers fluctuates between years, conversion to UMS is used to try and ensure different year groups have ~even spread of marks.

If people did badly thats their concern, conversion to UMS isnt in place to subsidise poor performance.

You need educating: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=UMS+marks

I know enough. It still has nothing to do with what I'm asking.

I get that it's all converted to UMS. 80 out of 100. But how is it decided what, in raw marks, that 80 would be in a test out of 80 marks?

Thousands of people take the test, and they perform differently. Do they look at all the papers in the world then decide?

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michaelyus

HopingDragron

Thousands of people take the test, and they perform differently. Do they look at all the papers in the world then decide?

How grade boundaries are fixed into their raw marks is not a transparent process. It seems to take place after all the scripts are marked, and that includes the whole cohort, including overseas students taking the exam.