Raw mark = ? Aligned mark (1 Viewer)

[~ ReNcH ~]

I was reading on another thread that a committee decided aligned marks (what raw mark = what aligned mark). Does that mean that you can compare aligned marks for a particular subject across different years?

Also, does anyone have any info on what raw mark was equivalent to different aligned marks for Maths and Maths Ext 1?

 

[Lazarus]

Does that mean that you can compare aligned marks for a particular subject across different years?

Yes.

A natural consequence of this is that the performance of different HSC candidatures can also be compared across different years (within their respective courses). This could be used to highlight trends which might indicate that students are continuously improving in English, for example.

Also, does anyone have any info on what raw mark was equivalent to different aligned marks for Maths and Maths Ext 1?

The only raw band cut-offs that we have are detailed in <a href="/community/showthread.php?t=34578">this thread</a>.

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

Oh OK.

So for instance, last year's 2U Maths exam was apparently "more difficult than past years". Does this mean that despite the probable low marks as a result, students' marks may have been "aligned up" to account for the difficulty?

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, exactly.

Raw marks obviously aren't comparable between years, because examination papers vary in difficulty. Aligning them to a set of standards that remains constant across different years compensates for this.

 

[Survivor39]

Just as a sidenote, if it happens to be that the 2U students were of a lower quality (hence lower raw marks obtained), then the "aligned up" from raw to aligned process would be "neutralised" anyway, since it is the raw mark that count, and consequently, the scaling of Maths 2 U would be lowered despite the high aligned marks students achieved due to a difficult paper.

 

[Lazarus]

Scaling and aligning are completely separate.

You really shouldn't talk about one 'neutralising' the other. (But you're otherwise correct.)

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

Scaling and aligning are completely separate.

You really shouldn't talk about one 'neutralising' the other. (But you're otherwise correct.)

So, in short, aligning takes care of differences in the difficulty of the exam paper whilst scaling takes care of differences in the quality of the candidature?

 

[Lazarus]

Exactly.