Was she given the right mark/grade?

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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?

There is some total bollocks on this thread.

Not to mention Scotland has always had a separate exam system, so the whole 'in the UK" argument is immediately nonsense.

I agree with the comments above saying it depends on the complexity of the tests. In subjects where they are set, my 13yo can get a B+ with a 58% results, because they are in top set and the paper is significantly harder than other sets.

Aside from all the inconvenient truths, the poster is 100% accurate in their assertion! 😂

They shouldn't have been given any grade. Who gives grades to a test out of 25? What a load of unscientific bollocks.

To the child 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's useless "information"

It could be C or D or pumpkin or spaghetti tree.

Then it's about resilience. She got what she got. Don't teach her to moan about it. Teach her to see what she can do to get more than 56% next time.

She has the mark though, it doesn't matter what letter is ascribed tonite, and besides she'll be getting numerical grades soon enough.

A percentage out of 25 total marks isn't even very robust. No need for an ABCDE grade which isn't what will be given at GCSE, where there are hundreds of marks available across papers and which are scaled anyway.

Regardless, grade boundaries are up to whoever sets the test when all the scores are in. It's usually to fit a curve, to rank the results and distribute them. C / D is always likely to be a boundary, as average marks will be concentrated in the centre.

GCSE and A level grade boundaries change - they are adjusted according to the marks awarded that year- if a paper is tricky and the marks low the grade boundaries drop. For example I’ve just been marking A level mocks. Grade boundaries are different for the different papers.

So the child would think they knew more if it was marked as C rather than D? Maybe tutor them in how that is illogical

This.

And you are actually entertaining this type of disappointment rather than encouraging the child to work to improve the percentage?

This, it's all relative. If they got 30% the first time they took the test, then 58% is a huge achievement showing have put work in. If they are capable of 80% and then got 58%, I would be asking them to review their answers as a learning experience

Is history one of the subjects you help her with, as her tutor?

Are you really saying all would be ok if she had been given a C grade rather than a D, despite only getting 14 out of 25 questions correct? As her tutor, you should discuss and explore with her why she got so many wrong. What went wrong, did she study, did she understand what she was studying? Etc.

If this is a subject you're helping her with, then you should reassess the methods you're using with her so she gets the most out of your tutoring sessions.