Band 6 means u get 90 or above after the slight scaling u get. And band 5 mean 80-89...etc...Getting a Band 6 in science won't be especially hard, cuz the actual test is easier than trials and u get that scaling (if it makes any big difference..)Xianyunyehe said:hey, can any1 tell me is band 6 means 90something, band 5 means 80something and so on......?
if it is like this, it will be really hard for me to get a band 6 in science.
My school, being the cheap bastards they are, just used the 2005 paper for our History/Geography trials.up2d8 said:is it just me or were the trials harder than all the past sc papers that u can do for practise:mad1:
o.0LottoX said:You get 50 automatically and the rest you earn in the exam.
What happens is that the committee decides what raw mark gets the borderline mark ie. 90, 80, 70 etc, and they assign a mark to you based on your raw mark on a linear scale. So for example, if your raw mark is half way between the raw mark that'll get you an aligned mark of 80 and one that'll get you 90, you'd get 85 as your aligned mark.203132 said:how does the marking work?
is it scaled? or based on wat your raw mark is?
It does. Otherwise I see no way how I got something like 93 for history <.<TNguyen said:i doubt it gets scaled.
lol our school did exactly the same for the multiple choice section of science. I'm hoping to get band 6's for everything...except maths that is.Artemis. said:My school, being the cheap bastards they are, just used the 2005 paper for our History/Geography trials.
Maths was pretty hard though, the highest mark being 81.5%, same goes for Science.
Our schools bought our exams for Science, Maths and English from independent companies, and I'm sure most schools do this. History/Geography was made from our teachers, and it was quite easy.Artemis. said:My school, being the cheap bastards they are, just used the 2005 paper for our History/Geography trials.
Maths was pretty hard though, the highest mark being 81.5%, same goes for Science.