About marks- What does this mean? (1 Viewer)

[sugaryblue]

from http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=660772

"HSC marks are no longer scaled but the Universities Admissions Index due to be released today gives students a rank between 0 to 100."

 

[Lazarus]

HSC marks aren't scaled anymore. They're "aligned".

Aligning is just scaling under a different name. Don't be fooled.

And, heck, even the proper name is used when calculating UAIs. Misleading, hrmph... *grumble*

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by Lazarus
HSC marks aren't scaled anymore. They're "aligned".

Aligning is just scaling under a different name. Don't be fooled.

And, heck, even the proper name is used when calculating UAIs. Misleading, hrmph... *grumble*

oic, thanks for clearing the confusion up!

 

[Huy]

Same sh... differen't smell?

 

[Ziff]

DON'T READ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH!!!

"HSC marks are no longer scaled but the Universities Admissions Index due to be released today gives students a rank between 0 to 100."

That goes up in increments of 0.05 maybe? HMM!!!