Uni Marks? (2 Viewers)

[karnevil]

lol @ your avatar

 

[santaslayer]

Originally posted by karnevil
These uni's who use the bellcurve seem to think they're doing themselves a favour by 'maintaining' or even 'improving' the standard of the university's marks, and hence its reputation. But it's a crock of shit. Nobody should ever be compared to other students - you should be given marks based on your performance against the marking criteria, not against the other kids in your class

well the hsc had the bell curve system didnt it? it was fair enuff
and competeing only against urself is unrealistic isnt it?

 

[Lexicographer]

The New HSC was designed to ELIMINATE the bell curve system - hence "performance bands". The entire basis for assessment is your performance relative to the Standards, not relative to your peers.

 

[johnson]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
The New HSC was designed to ELIMINATE the bell curve system - hence "performance bands". The entire basis for assessment is your performance relative to the Standards, not relative to your peers.

the uai is a comparison against other students but, and that is what gets you into uni. so many things good/bad about the way the hsc is assessed, but in the end wtf can we do about it..

 

[karnevil]

Originally posted by johnson
the uai is a comparison against other students but, and that is what gets you into uni. so many things good/bad about the way the hsc is assessed, but in the end wtf can we do about it..

Yeah however your marks are not determined by comparing you against other students, which is what Lexi's trying to say

 

[Lexicographer]

Yeah that's what I meant. In the old days they did, but the BOS moved away from that because it's bullshit. The UAI, well, not much they can do about that because uni entry is all ABOUT relative performance. The unis want to know if you're better than Lin Wang down the street, so they rank you.