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Was she given the right mark/grade?

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Cheeseandrackersnonstop · 13/03/2025 21:03

Child scored 14 out of 25 on a History test, what grade do you think they should have got-eg- a C, D, B etc?

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MrsHamlet · 13/03/2025 21:14

autisticbookworm · 13/03/2025 21:13

It’s 56% which should be a C in the Uk possibly a D but a high one.

Based on what???

autisticbookworm · 13/03/2025 21:13

It’s 56% which should be a C in the Uk possibly a D but a high one.

User1786 · 13/03/2025 21:13

D when I was at school. >=80% was an A, >=70% was a B etc.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 13/03/2025 21:12

It is totally impossible to know this without knowing the difficulty level of the test and the criteria against which it was being marked! You can't just arbitrarily decide that a certain percentage should be a certain grade, based on nothing at all!

SiobahnRoy · 13/03/2025 21:11

Depends on the age of the child and the difficulty of the test. 14/25 for a y7 on a straightforward test isn’t the same as 14/25 in y11 on a test aimed at grade 7-9

Bushmillsbabe · 13/03/2025 21:10

It depends on the paper complexity.

For example, when I did gcse geography, a C on the standard paper was something like 70%, on the higher paper is was more like 45%.

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Cheeseandrackersnonstop · 13/03/2025 21:10

It’s not Gcse, a class test for a 13 year old I tutor.

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Cheeseandrackersnonstop · 13/03/2025 21:09

I thought it should be a C, she was given a D, so I was just curious

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Gymrabbit · 13/03/2025 21:09

If this was GCSE them probably a grade 5 judging by the aqa boundaries which is a C+

nonevernotever · 13/03/2025 21:08

It's 56% . When I was at school in the early 80s that would be a C. At the time in Scotland 40% -49% =D, 50%-59 % = C and so on. At university it would have been a D.

B1indEye · 13/03/2025 21:08

It would depend on how the grades are awarded, on the basis of fixed % score or movable grade boundaries based on the marks of the cohort

Bertielong3 · 13/03/2025 21:08

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MrsHamlet · 13/03/2025 21:07

Depends on the grade boundaries

Aaron95 · 13/03/2025 21:06

Depends on the difficulty of the test.

Grannywasafanny · 13/03/2025 21:05

D

Onlyonekenobe · 13/03/2025 21:05

D. It's just over 50%.