Sentences with phrase «grade boundaries between»

Earlier Clive Lewis, QC for AQA, said the board had followed official guidelines in deciding to alter the grade boundaries between the January and June papers and was satisfied that the June results were correct.

In his letter Mr McKenzie quotes emails from a senior English assessor at AQA who states that the changes to grade boundaries between January and June did «massive damage» and «instantly hit the most vulnerable» pupils.

The group argues that changes to the grade boundaries between January and June meant that pupils with the same mark got different grades.

Not exact matches

It made me question why we, as teachers, maintain such rigid boundaries between grade level divisions.

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In your answer you should • Examine similarities and differences you find between the two texts • Explore how effectively the texts present their views and opinions Therefore this sample A grade essay that was awarded 33/40 is an invaluable resource to show students one approach that can help them climb the grade boundaries.

They will say that between January and June 2012 it was decided that too many students were going to get a C grade or better in GCSE English, so a decision was taken to push up grade boundaries for the exams marked in June to bring down the numbers of good grades for the year as a whole.

«While grade boundaries can therefore vary between exam series, students can be confident that the grade they get for an overall qualification one year would be the same the next.»

NUT Wales secretary David Evans said: «Between January and June, exam boards changed the grade boundaries in such a way that many pupils who would have scored a C in January, scored a D in June - for exactly the same work.

Head teachers urged Ofqual to investigate when it was revealed that grade boundaries for the exams changed between January and June.

After the letters came to light on Tuesday, Edexcel said: «Where the grade boundaries were positioned for GCSE English was clearly a matter of extensive discussion this year between exam boards and the regulator.

But the WJEC had said it had complied with a requirement from exams regulators in England and Wales to make the boundary between grades C and D «more severe».

«Having seen grade boundaries moved between January and June, and papers regraded in Wales but not England or Northern Ireland, it is our feeling that the drop in the number of students getting five A * to C including English and mathematics is related to this.

In particular the assessor's emails focus on the raising of the grade C boundary on the lower tier English exam paper by 10 marks between January and June.