bad mark, good rank...uai???? (1 Viewer)

[redherring]

(i know the title is ambiguous)

say, you get 70 internal assessment mark but are ranked first, and then get 90 in the HSC exam, what do you think you your final marks would be (aligned hsc, assessment etc.)
i have heard that your internal becomes the same as your external


thanks

 

[watatank]

yeah your internal would become the same as your external

 

[redherring]

yeah your internal would become the same as your external

cheers mate

 

[soisorce26]

yeah your internal would become the same as your external

how could that be right though??? what if one skool marked harder then another skool. SAY teh highest mark in skool A was 95, and skool B was 80, but thats only because skool A had there stuff marked easier then skool B. hence it would be unfair, for skool B then right?

 

[helper]

how could that be right though??? what if one skool marked harder then another skool. SAY teh highest mark in skool A was 95, and skool B was 80, but thats only because skool A had there stuff marked easier then skool B. hence it would be unfair, for skool B then right?

That is why it is done. The HSC is marked against a common standard and this results in marks in the assessments are brought to a common standard.

 

[watatank]

how could that be right though??? what if one skool marked harder then another skool. SAY teh highest mark in skool A was 95, and skool B was 80, but thats only because skool A had there stuff marked easier then skool B. hence it would be unfair, for skool B then right?

this is the whole point of moderation and why ranks are so important. its so students don't disadvantaged by the tests that school marks. if the top person at B get the same as the person in A in the external exam, say 95 then BoS will assume that these two people have the same ability, just that person B sat harder tests. so they move person B's internal mark to 95 instead of what it was before and person A's stays the same. this means that the internal, external and hence hsc mark is 95 for both students.

 

[ahen]

so then....if its all the same in the end, what's the point of having internal assessments? i mean in terms of them being worth 50%? gosh this is confusing

 

[bellinda]

so if i do great in the exams it will bring my internal assesments up ???

how confusing!!! lol..

 

[Forbidden.]

so if i do great in the exams it will bring my internal assesments up ???

how confusing!!! lol..

Yeah it will.
But the scaling plays a role.