Don't get confused between scaling and aligning.queenie said:
Well, aligning changes from year to year. However, the aligning figures published by Laz do suggest that 61 aligned to 79 but I can't remember in which year - probably 2001 or 2002. This would imply that mark of around 62-63 aligned to a Band 5 and therefore that a mark of around 75-80 would align to a Band 6. That said, it's not a concrete figure that applies to every exam.withoutaface said:
Your moderated assessment mark doesn't depend on how well the subject scales at all, so I wouldn't assume this. I'd say low 80s though. I find it very hard to believe they'd give a band 6 for getting 70 something.queenie said:
no. a group of teachers sit down, go through the papers thoroughly and discuss among themselves to decide what raw 'cut-off' mark should correspond to the minimum requirements of each band. So say, if they look at the papers, and decide that a paper with a raw mark of 67 generally satisfies the minimum requirements for band 5, then 67 will be aligned to 80. Then if, for example, 75 is determined to satisfy the minimum requirements for band 6, they will align 75 to 90. Everything in between the cut-off marks for each band will be aligned evenly (from memory). So because 67 and 75 raw marks (in this example) are like 80 and 90 aligned marks, half-way between the raw marks (71) will correspond to an aligned mark half-way between band 5 and 6 (85). Hope that makes sense.... heh, I didn't realise I typed so muchBudz said:
Not quite...scaling considers the ability of the candidature of a particular course. Therefore, in a higher scaling subject it's more difficult for a student of average ability to gain an average rank in that course.taxman said:
