Aflower wrote:
There is a tutor in Birmingham who is claiming that one of his students has scored 279. Is that even possible? I ask the question because I believe he is being dishonest in order to attract more students. Many of my friends are considering using him as a tutor for their children based on this information alone. Is there no accountability for tutors or can they state anything they want? Does false advertising not apply to them?
In a standardised test, someone has to get the top mark (often 141 for a test with a standard deviation of 15) - doesn't necessarily mean they scored 100% but does mean they got the best score in the cohort.
If one person got the top score in one paper and almost the top score in the other, and the top score is 141, then obviously 279 is possible. It's rare, I would imagine, that one child would be so very strong in both papers but not impossible.