EssexMum2019 wrote:
Hi there
I'm looking again at the anonymised raw results for CCHSG:
https://csse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ ... -Entry.pdfI hope no offence is taken, but I was really curious to know what could potentially be the reasons for some of the outlier scores at the lower end of the scale. Ability aside, could there potentially have been issues with calculating the correct answers but misaligning the correct option on the answer sheet? With respect to those children and with sympathy, I can't imagine it would be down to a lack of ability as even an untutored child who had never sat a mock would at worst surely score over 10 out of 60. Have there been instances of children not being able to cope with the exam and simply not completing the pages?
Again I was just curious to know, and this is in no way downplaying these children's abilities...just curious as to what could have potentially caused some of these results.
If you have a look at the sample material on the CSSE website, I think you will find that the potential for 'misalignment is very, very low.
https://csse.org.uk/practice-material/https://csse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Familiarisation-CSSE-Maths-paper.pdfhttps://csse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Familiarisation-CSSE-English-paper.pdfPerhaps you are thinking of the CCHS CEM exam papers?
There has been quite a campaign locally, at least, for more DC to have a go at the exam, in an attempt to encourage more Southend pupils to try for the Southend grammar schools (it's the same exam for all the CSSE schools). So some DC will probably doing just that, despite never having a snowball in Hades' chance of doing well enough to qualify. Also, some will go to pieces in the exam and either get lots of questions wrong, or just not answer many. Or any at all. Once you have started the exam, you will have a raw score - even if it is 0 / 60 on each paper - which will be plugged into the randomisation formula and will come up with a standardised score for you.