standardised age scores
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:25 pm
The Verbal Reasoning practice papers consist of 100 questions - so where does the pass mark of 115 come from?
The Verbal Reasoning is scored out of 100 initially. We use a national standardisation table which takes into account the child's age at the time of the exam and it is this table that brings the score up to a maximum 140. The younger the child the more weighted the score will be. So a child with an August birthday would need to score around 64% to reach the 115 pass mark whereas an older child would need to score around 80%.
The above comes from DAO admission pages. They specify that a younger child born in August needs 64%, but do not mention which month an older one, who needs to have 80%, is born.
I would think they mean the opposite end - September, but cannot be sure. Does anybody have an idea?
On the same note - my son scored 104 in Latymer and did not go through.
How much in percentage terms did he do?
How many points are added for each month.
I saw some post earlier about this subject , but none made me any smarter.
The Verbal Reasoning is scored out of 100 initially. We use a national standardisation table which takes into account the child's age at the time of the exam and it is this table that brings the score up to a maximum 140. The younger the child the more weighted the score will be. So a child with an August birthday would need to score around 64% to reach the 115 pass mark whereas an older child would need to score around 80%.
The above comes from DAO admission pages. They specify that a younger child born in August needs 64%, but do not mention which month an older one, who needs to have 80%, is born.
I would think they mean the opposite end - September, but cannot be sure. Does anybody have an idea?
On the same note - my son scored 104 in Latymer and did not go through.
How much in percentage terms did he do?
How many points are added for each month.
I saw some post earlier about this subject , but none made me any smarter.