they do indeed

they have an idea of where they think the grade boundries should be beforehand, but then once the exams have been sat and marked they have grade review meetings and if 0% of candidates get an A pass they'll consider that they've actually written a paper that's too hard and change the boundries - it could possibly happen the other way too...

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on July 2nd 2009 at 12:10:31

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Congrats IED, but...... (General Chat) - samcd84, Jul 2, 11:43:38
- I was very suprised at that as well (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jul 2, 14:24:42
- Yep (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jul 2, 12:09:26
- I never went to Uni so have limited knowledge of it (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 2, 11:52:17
  - Not necessarily. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 11:56:21
    - Wrong (General Chat) - WOTB No1 Tipster 04, Jul 2, 14:02:09
    - It is a bit crap though... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Jul 2, 13:01:00
    - Not true (General Chat) - scruffy, Jul 2, 12:43:39
    - yes, thats a bit shit intut. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 2, 12:03:50
      - dunt matters (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 12:08:39
        
        they wasted 3-4 years at uni.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 2, 12:10:29
        
        seems a bit of an odd thing to do to be honest (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 12:12:05
    - so it works pretty much the same as A-levels and GCSEs then... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:02:20
      - Do they work like that too? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 12:03:12
        
        I thought they just shifted the bands down (dumbing down). (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Jul 2, 12:11:22
        
        So, you could say that they've no real idea (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 2, 12:20:40
        
        they do compare one year's question paper against another's (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:32:29
        
        ... but ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 12:35:38
        
        it's also in the schools interests to do as well in the exam results league tables as poss (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:39:13
        
        You *do* only need 9% to get an A*. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 12:22:46
        
        Ralf's right... I just couldn't possibly have been so eloquent (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Jul 2, 12:13:40
        
        they do indeed (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 2, 12:10:31
    - exactly what i wasn't thinking (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 11:59:37
  - a better way of saying what I was thinking... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jul 2, 11:55:09
- Fucking tax dodgers (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Jul 2, 11:51:25
- A "Desmond" allows you to do most things these days.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 2, 11:48:11
- Swot I thought as well (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jul 2, 11:47:07
  - Depends what it is (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jul 2, 12:09:36
- They let anyone do anything at University these days. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 11:46:40
  - should *of* got in (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 2, 11:51:06
    - See? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 2, 11:52:29

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