Question on Adv Eng and Standard Eng (1 Viewer)

[pigyar]

If ADV and Stanardard Eng has the same scaling how come:

there are people that still wants to do ADV?

How come the results for ADV is usually better?

 

[Shadose]

But you hardly get a band 5 for standard, and never was there a band 6 for standard either.

Only advance allows for an easier band 5/6

 

[me121]

If ADV and Stanardard Eng has the same scaling how come:

there are people that still wants to do ADV?

How come the results for ADV is usually better?

thats a good question. but there is a simple answer. Yes they both scale exactly the same, however the raw marks awarded for standard come out much lower than those of advanced. adv results are usually better because the higher raw marks are awarded for often, whereas for standard the marks are mostly much lower.

This is because, although the paper 1 marks are marked on a common scale, the poor performance of std students compared to adv students on paper 1, pushed the std paper 2 marks down lower than the marks for adv paper 2.