Band 6? (1 Viewer)

[matthewhearne]

What mark do you need to get a band 6 in maths?

 

[enoilgam]

Mid 90's/120 (Last year it was 94/120). You should note that aligning standards can vary from year to year.

 

[_deloso]

What affects aligning and scaling?

 

[b00m]

the competitiveness of the whole hsc cohort as well as the difficulty of exam

 

[enoilgam]

the competitiveness of the whole hsc cohort as well as the difficulty of exam

This.

 

[themanman]

gotta start breaking shins

 

[_deloso]

the competitiveness of the whole hsc cohort as well as the difficulty of exam

so the better the hsc cohort dies, the lower is the cutoff?

 

[powlmao]

so the better the hsc cohort dies, the lower is the cutoff?

Yes

 

[_deloso]

so the better the hsc cohort dies, the lower is the cutoff?

omg, does*

 

[themanman]

so the better the hsc cohort dies, the lower is the cutoff?

lmao

start breakin shins

 

[b00m]

so the better the hsc cohort dies, the lower is the cutoff?

actually, if the exam is harder the cut-off will be lower

 

[taeyang]

Fuarrrk I get 5 points off if I get b6 in both maths and physics ! is there anyway to get more bonus points (sorry if I'm going off on a tangent) ^.^

 

[_deloso]

actually, if the exam is harder the cut-off will be lower

oh okay. Then what about the performance of the cohort?

 

[powlmao]

oh okay. Then what about the performance of the cohort?

Of the whole state, if the state does shit the lower the cut off will be for bands

 

[someth1ng]

Yeah, if the top say 15% of marks are lower, the cut-off will also lower.

 

[mike12345678]

r u guys sure that this is true??

today i asked my maths teacher and she told me you have to get 90% ie 108/120 for mathematics to recieve a band 6

i didnt like that news... is there any proof off the bored of studies for the alligning?

 

[enoilgam]

r u guys sure that this is true??

today i asked my maths teacher and she told me you have to get 90% ie 108/120 for mathematics to recieve a band 6

i didnt like that news... is there any proof off the bored of studies for the alligning?

Your teacher is incorrect (many teachers know little about the HSC). Here is the official Board of Studies explanation "Given that student achievement is reported in terms of performance standards, one further adjustment to the total raw marks is made. This adjustment aligns the raw total marks to performance band descriptions. To achieve this alignment, a group of highly experienced markers, known as judges, decides how a student at the lower borderline of each performance band would respond to each examination item and then determines what raw marks such responses would achieve. These raw marks are then added together for each borderline, producing a recommended set of total cut-off marks. This process of alignment is multi-staged, involving the review of a collection of materials: performance band descriptions, responses in the Standards Package, statistical feedback, and responses of current-year students consistent with the cut-off marks. Once this process is complete the judges will have determined which total raw marks correspond to the borderlines between each of the performance bands. For example, it may be recommended that a mark of, say, 82 is the minimum required for Band 6, 74 for Band 5, and so on. Finally, for each band the total raw cut-off mark is mapped to the reported cut-off mark"

 

[megabakedpotato]

Your teacher is incorrect (many teachers know little about the HSC). Here is the official Board of Studies explanation "Given that student achievement is reported in terms of performance standards, one further adjustment to the total raw marks is made. This adjustment aligns the raw total marks to performance band descriptions. To achieve this alignment, a group of highly experienced markers, known as judges, decides how a student at the lower borderline of each performance band would respond to each examination item and then determines what raw marks such responses would achieve. These raw marks are then added together for each borderline, producing a recommended set of total cut-off marks. This process of alignment is multi-staged, involving the review of a collection of materials: performance band descriptions, responses in the Standards Package, statistical feedback, and responses of current-year students consistent with the cut-off marks. Once this process is complete the judges will have determined which total raw marks correspond to the borderlines between each of the performance bands. For example, it may be recommended that a mark of, say, 82 is the minimum required for Band 6, 74 for Band 5, and so on. Finally, for each band the total raw cut-off mark is mapped to the reported cut-off mark"

The only thing worse than a student with no idea about scaling, moderation and aligning is a teacher with no idea about scaling, moderation and aligning! haha