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MelW
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by MelW » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:33 pm
I am the parent of a child at an independent school who do not do SATs and to help my appeal I wanted to use the argument that his class averages are not standardised like SATs. Am I correct? SATs are marked according to your month of birth? Thanks.
Etienne
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by Etienne » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:13 pm
I believe not, Mel. QCA does have tables for age standardising, but they are not actually used to allocate the levels.
Etienne
Appeal Mum
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by Appeal Mum » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:33 pm
Hi Mel,
I was also led to believe SATS were standardised.
AM
Tracy
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by Tracy » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:54 pm
No, Sats are not standardised, they are used to measure the actual level of achievement.
Appeal Mum
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by Appeal Mum » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:58 pm
You learn something new everyday..
Thanks..
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Guest
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by Guest » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:00 pm
We are always given our child's level, plus an age standardised score (with 100 being average, and generally 140 being maximum) for each written paper. So the answer is yes (for the 'numbers') and no (for the levels)
MelW
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by MelW » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:40 pm
What are their 'numbers'? Their score in the tests? With 100 being the average?
yoyo123
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by yoyo123 » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:30 pm
, you get a "raw` score" which is the actual marks gained. This is then standardised.
The standardised scores are then in table relating to level.
This is for maths science etc. Writing is different