I'm a parent of a y10 who did a GCSE (Statistics) this year and the rest next year.
I did O levels so am in need of clarification on a point. My son is a bit shady so I'm not sure if he's making things up.
Controlled Assessments. Do kids know when they happen? When do they find out results? Are they told to revise a topic? Is it under exam conditions?
Basically ds got a B in his written exam and E for his controlled assessment. (C overall) He swears that everybody in top set did badly in the CA and that the teacher did not explain the task well before they did it and that's why it's so low.
I thought that CA were an easy way to bag some marks just in case of exam nerves. How can he prepare next year? It's a shame that the CA had a negative effect on his grades. His school's sixth form require A grades for the subjects that he want to do for A levels so he needs to learn how to nail CA.
He's also done some CA for other subjects like Computer Science. He says that he has no idea about the grades- is this likely or is he hiding bad grades?
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eyebrowsonfleek · 25/08/2016 18:15
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