raw marks cutoffs etc (1 Viewer)

[nomz]

People keep talking about what they reakon the raw mark will be for a band 6 cut off and stuff. Could some one please explain to me what exactly that means? I still really don't get any of this stuff. I thought to get a band 6 you had to get over 90%, i know i'm dumb, but for example people talk about the cut of for extension maths being something like you get 60/ 84 which goes to 40/50 or something and I really don't get it! Are they talking about the exam mark changing ? Coz I thought that stayed the same. Man, I'm really confused, can some one please explain it to me? Thanks

 

[grimreaper]

Erm there are millions of threads about this. But anyway to put it simply a committee looks at the exam paper, and to take your example of 3u maths, decides what raw mark is required to meet the standards of the top band (ie 90%+). So for example they might decide a mark of 60/84 should "align" to a mark of 45/50. Thats how they decide the cut offs for each band.