GSCE Mathematics

[mudskipper]

Good on her. Best of luck!

[unixman]

Due to grade inflation, your wife's 1991 grade 'D' is roughly equivalent to a 2:2 maths degree now.

[unixman]

and my '86 grade 'C' == Nobel Prize for mathematics.

[Pogle]

At the risk of putting it in here...

The wife wants to try for GCSE Maths, she missed most of the 5th year (old skool) with illness but she got a D then, now wants to see if she can knock it up to a C as many jobs are asking for this. Oddly enough some are asking for a degree for an Admin job! But I digress...

Has anyone recently taken this? (Or your kids have.)I remember back in the day (1991 IIRC) there were 4 papers, I took papaers 2&3 so I got C, (the highest possible with those papers), I have now seen it has changed to number grading 1-9, with 4 and higher equivalent to A-C.

qh

Pogle Jnr took the new style GCSE in June. Its 3 papers and the grades are now 1 to 9 with 9 being the highest.
Only the top 3% will be given a 9 (Jnr got an 8).

For this year a 4 was a pass with a 5 being a good pass - whatever the F%^& that means!
But I think they may revise that over time to just have 5 as a pass.

The papers -( as least the board that my daughter did ) do not seem to have straightforward questions either and some are worded to be designed to catch the student out - which is not helpful.

Best of luck to your wife

[BrilloPad]

and my '86 grade 'C' == Nobel Prize for mathematics.

1979. Maths and FurtherMaths O level. A in both....

[BrilloPad]

1979. Maths and FurtherMaths O level. A in both....

Of course, then 10% got A, 10% B, 60% C, 10% D, 10% E. Or similar....

[SlipTheJab]

Regardless of grade inflation etc. I say go for it. My missus got D's in English and Maths at school 20 yrs ago and has recently gone back and ended up with 2 Bs which means she can move on as a mature student in nursing, you're never too old to learn and better yourself. Good luck.