what's with scaling down (1 Viewer)

[ITimber]

hi,

I keep hearing about marks being scaled down. I don't really care about it but am interested to know why. It seems kinda stupid.

If someone in your class does really well or tops the subject at your school and others or even one other person does poorly that person drags your mark down. Our teacher even gave examples of people in the past who got band 5 instead of band 6 because there mark was scaled down due to this.

I don't see the point of this?

Also i have heard from the carreers advisor that people who do there HSC at tafe get scaled down in comparasion with someone who does the HSC at school???

thanks

 

[kloudsurfer]

So, what ITimber is talking about is moderating?

Im also interested, because ive heard that if people in your class do poorly, your marks are dragged down. Is this true?

 

[SoulSearcher]

If you're first, then if the rest of the class fucks up, your internal assessment mark is now dependant on how well you go in the external HSC exam.

 

[watatank]

If you do well scaling (80+) it won't be a problem.

 

[pritnep]

*sigh*, no point worrying about something you can't change or have no control over.

 

[-pari-]

^ exactly. i gave up trying to dicipher the UAI system.

just do your best, and u can't go wrong.

 

[the pospinator]

u just have to do 2 things:

1. rank well in all ur sbjects
2. kill the HSC exams for all ur subjects

do this, and u'll havew one hell of a UAI

 

[Beege]

u also need to kill your assessments to get the ranks

 

[SoulSearcher]

u also need to kill your assessments to get the ranks

Not really, if you have a crappy cohort.

 

[Beege]

Not really, if you have a crappy cohort.

like mine haha nah they aint the worst

 

[Buiboi]

hey what if competition is really tight and liek the marks that differ between each rank was like ones and equal marks like equal 3rds and so on
then does rank really matter significantly if competition is that tight?

 

[Buiboi]

ohhh yeah i get ya....thanks