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There is only one 'fair' way to mark this and all other exams - you do it in %ages.
Top 10% - A
Next 20% - B
Next 20% - C
etc, these percentages need to be agreed and setup and any variation in exam ease will make no difference.
In the old days you knew where you were with an o'level a-c and beyond. Now its like a balloon for everyone who takes part.....
There is only one 'fair' way to mark this and all other exams - you do it in %ages.
Top 10% - A
Next 20% - B
Next 20% - C
etc, these percentages need to be agreed and setup and any variation in exam ease will make no difference.
In the old days you knew where you were with an o'level a-c and beyond. Now its like a balloon for everyone who takes part.....
Grading by % just adds the problem that you don't know how the Xth percentile today compares with 20 years ago.
Only a fixed curriculum really lets you compare different years, but that's impractical too. So basically you might as well just accept it's never going to be perfect.
Grading by % just adds the problem that you don't know how the Xth percentile today compares with 20 years ago.
Yes you do. The 'yoof of today' are always more stupid than 'young people in my day'. It has been so since the times of Aristotle, and probably before him too.
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014
Yes you do. The 'yoof of today' are always more stupid than 'young people in my day'. It has been so since the times of Aristotle, and probably before him too.
Which raises an odd paradox considering that young people have always known better than their elders.
It would be nice if the exams were hard and allowed universities and employers to actually work out who was clever and who was not.
When I did my A levels there was only one girl who got straight As in my school. She always had got very good results since I knew her and then she went to Oxford and got a first in Chemistry or something. Now it seems like if you do not get an good few A grades you are below average.
Also, WTF are AS levels for? When we had them you took them as well as A levels (I took A level maths and AS further maths as I wanted to do a maths degree). If someone has several As and Bs in AS levels but no A levels does that mean they are clever or not?
Also, WTF are AS levels for? When we had them you took them as well as A levels (I took A level maths and AS further maths as I wanted to do a maths degree). If someone has several As and Bs in AS levels but no A levels does that mean they are clever or not?
They were originally suppose to allow those who specialised in one area i.e. Sciences, Arts to be able to do a subject in a different area, or to allow people to expand their knowledge in an area i.e. maths.
Now they are used as a halfway point in A levels to work out the predicted grades of students going to university.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
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