Sentences with phrase «lowering grade boundaries»
Charlie Stripp is right: lowering grade boundaries negatively affects the perception about mathematical competence.
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By the afternoon the topic was trending on Twitter and online petitions were set up calling on the board to lower the grade boundaries when marking.
Others signed online petitions demanding exam board Edexcel lower the grade boundaries after finding a GCSE maths paper «ridiculously hard».
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However, if the mark needed to pass, or the boundaries for certain grades are lowered substantially, the SQA is likely to face further questions.
More than 14,000 students signed petitions in May criticised the «impossible» numeracy exam, but the Scottish Qualifications Authority sought to reassure students on Tuesday that grade boundaries would be lowered to account for this.
Much has been written about the «low» grade boundaries and how they are lower than previous years.
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.