Making sense of Bucks results
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Making sense of Bucks results
Hi
Can someone please help to explain the Bucks standardised results. Trying to put it into context. For example, if you're given a result broken down as:
Verbal - 73.70
Maths - 44.90
Non Verbal - 29.5
How did they do in each part, considering the weighting? Was there an area that was particularly strong?
TIA.
Can someone please help to explain the Bucks standardised results. Trying to put it into context. For example, if you're given a result broken down as:
Verbal - 73.70
Maths - 44.90
Non Verbal - 29.5
How did they do in each part, considering the weighting? Was there an area that was particularly strong?
TIA.
Re: Making sense of Bucks results
The Bucks CC website says:
https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/edu ... sfer-test/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Your child's scores from the two Secondary Transfer Test papers will be added together and expressed as a Standardised Secondary Transfer Test Score (STTS). The STTS will be the sum of the following:
* 50% of the standardised score for the verbal sections
* 30% of the standardised score for the numerical sections
* 20% of the standardised score for the non-verbal sections
So verbal ss = 73.7 x 2 = 147.4
numerical ss= 44.9 * 10/3 = 149.7
non-verbal ss = 29.5 x 5 = 147.5
So they are all similar - the important thing is the total has to be over 121 - the individual sections do not need to be.
https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/edu ... sfer-test/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Your child's scores from the two Secondary Transfer Test papers will be added together and expressed as a Standardised Secondary Transfer Test Score (STTS). The STTS will be the sum of the following:
* 50% of the standardised score for the verbal sections
* 30% of the standardised score for the numerical sections
* 20% of the standardised score for the non-verbal sections
So verbal ss = 73.7 x 2 = 147.4
numerical ss= 44.9 * 10/3 = 149.7
non-verbal ss = 29.5 x 5 = 147.5
So they are all similar - the important thing is the total has to be over 121 - the individual sections do not need to be.
Re: Making sense of Bucks results
Guest55 wrote: So verbal ss = 73.7 x 2 = 147.4
numerical ss= 44.9 * 10/3 = 149.7
non-verbal ss = 29.5 x 5 = 147.5
So they are all similar - the important thing is the total has to be over 121 - the individual sections do not need to be.
Thank you - that helps me understand it. I didn't know that the individual scores do not have to be over 121, implying that you could do really well on one area and poorly on another and still reach a qualifying score.
