Is my school underperforming in Science? (1 Viewer)

[someth1ng]

My school is rank ~30 and each year, we only see a maximum of 4-5 Band 6s in Chemistry and Physics each. Some years, there would be only 1 or 2 out of a cohort of ~70 in each.

How many Band 6s would you expect from a school at this rank?

 

[anne1010]

My school is rank ~30 and each year, we only see a maximum of 4-5 Band 6s in Chemistry and Physics each. Some years, there would be only 1 or 2 out of a cohort of ~70 in each.

How many Band 6s would you expect from a school at this rank?

id say so? last years physics class had one band 6 from around 15 people (i think). ur saying ur schol gets about 1 band 6 for every 14 or so people.
our schools ~200...

edit: i guess that the higher the school rank the smaller the range of marks. our school would get band 3's or so while i assume a higher ranked school wouldnt? not sure just speculations.

 

[jnney]

My school is rank ~30 and each year, we only see a maximum of 4-5 Band 6s in Chemistry and Physics each. Some years, there would be only 1 or 2 out of a cohort of ~70 in each.

How many Band 6s would you expect from a school at this rank?

This is like my school, except it's ~100. Haha.

 

[someth1ng]

Only the very best years see 5 Band 6s, generally only 2-3 max...

 

[enoilgam]

I'd say you guys really underperform in science. This is because at a school ranked 30 in the state, approximately the top 30% of students in a subject get a band 6 (source: better education). That means that in your science cohorts, approximately 20 out of 70 should get 90+.

 

[ohexploitable]

last year there was only one band 6 in physics (only 90 too lol)

at my school

 

[someth1ng]

I'd say you guys really underperform in science. This is because at a school ranked 30 in the state, approximately the top 30% of students in a subject get a band 6 (source: better education). That means that in your science cohorts, approximately 20 out of 70 should get 90+.

That's what I was thinking but we tend to get next to none...weird.

 

[Hermes1]

you guys r defs underperforming. my skool last year out of 77 students doing chemistry 17 band sixes. we ranked ~50. and physics we had a guy get high state rank and we had like 15 band sixes/65 students.

 

[someth1ng]

you guys r defs underperforming. my skool last year out of 77 students doing chemistry 17 band sixes. we ranked ~50. and physics we had a guy get high state rank and we had like 15 band sixes/65 students.

I have to admit, that's quite impressive. Do you have good Physics teachers? I have a very good Chemistry teacher but I'm not sure of why we are underperforming in Chemistry so much but our Physics teachers aren't the best...

School? I want to change NOW xD

 

[thoth1]

we are a private skool thats why such gud results. but the problem is due to our large yr 12 cohorts our rank isnt where it shuld be.
last years grade was amazing though. 32 ppl above 98. 13 above 99.

 

[someth1ng]

we are a private skool thats why such gud results. but the problem is due to our large yr 12 cohorts our rank isnt where it shuld be.
last years grade was amazing though. 32 ppl above 98. 13 above 99.

What's the cohort size?

 

[thoth1]

What's the cohort size?

last year like 340 kids. this year like 315.

 

[someth1ng]

last year like 340 kids. this year like 315.

Kick out the bottom 150 and you're top 25 in the state! LOL

 

[thoth1]

Kick out the bottom 150 and you're top 25 in the state! LOL

yeh lol wish we culd.

 

[mecramarathon]

My school is rank ~30 and each year, we only see a maximum of 4-5 Band 6s in Chemistry and Physics each. Some years, there would be only 1 or 2 out of a cohort of ~70 in each.

How many Band 6s would you expect from a school at this rank?

Depends on how well your grade is performing

Some schools though well ranked perform badly in particular subjects (e.g. private schools tending to do well in english but not maths)

 

[someth1ng]

I don't think it has anything to do with the grade. Our best years take 5 Band 6s but usually 2-3.

 

[Aerath]

we are a private skool thats why such gud results. but the problem is due to our large yr 12 cohorts our rank isnt where it shuld be.
last years grade was amazing though. 32 ppl above 98. 13 above 99.

My public school (and others') would kick your private school's ass all over the playground. Besides which, the fact that you're a private school is not a reason why your school does 'well'. In fact, there's no correlation between private schools and doing better etc. Ever wondered why about 8 of the top 10 schools are public?

yeh lol wish we culd.

Yeah, that sorta mentality is typical of arrogant twerps: "oh, wish we could cut the guys who are the tail of our grade". Instead of bitching them out, why don't you help them?

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To answer OP's question: yeah, that's a little low. But your school may be more well known for other subjects, such as the humanities (history, geography, economics, legal etc). I know my school, although we had a decent number of Band 6s (about 30-40 for a cohort of 100) in Phys and Chem, such results were completely dwarfed by our Humanities results (I think Legal Studies 2008 had EVERYONE on Band 5+, and 19/21 on Band 6s. And of the Top 10 state ranks, 7 of them were from our school). And that year got first in the state in HSC Economics.

 

[someth1ng]

To answer OP's question: yeah, that's a little low. But your school may be more well known for other subjects, such as the humanities (history, geography, economics, legal etc). I know my school, although we had a decent number of Band 6s (about 30-40 for a cohort of 100) in Phys and Chem, such results were completely dwarfed by our Humanities results (I think Legal Studies 2008 had EVERYONE on Band 5+, and 19/21 on Band 6s. And of the Top 10 state ranks, 7 of them were from our school). And that year got first in the state in HSC Economics.

Top schools are public because they are Selective. What's your school's rank?

My Physics teacher uses a "Reduced Syllabus" that cuts out ALOT of dot points that are required. In Waves and Electricity, 26 dot points were missing in his "Reduced Syllabus". I suppose all I can really do now is just learn from textbooks and from the Syllabus?

My Chemistry teacher is actually really good however he only teaches one class. I'm not quite sure as to why they underperform so much in Chemistry with a teacher like him. He actually follows the dot points on the Syllabus and covers all of them.

 

[powlmao]

lol at my school top band last year in Science was band 5

 

[LonelyWolf]

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