Grade for 71% in Maths Yr13?

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DS (year 13) has recently been tested on year 12 content and my understanding is it’s based on old AS level questions. He got 71% in the Applied paper and I wondered what grade that would be likely to be?

Thanks.

Depends on the exact mix of questions if it wasn't an actual past paper, also the exam board. Grade boundaries also depend on how the rest of the cohort perform.

However, generally likely to be an A unless the questions were easier than average I think.

Thanks @Frlrlrubert that would be good as there was talk of predicting him a C.

He got A (just off A star) in pure too (although I think he said he’d seen a couple of questions before as he’s literally done every past paper!)

Bear in mind that the content gets harder in Year 13, so just sustaining his current level is not straightforward. Also more of the content is Pure than Mechanics or Statistics, so doing well on Pure is more important.

Ok thanks @sheepdogdelight he seems to be finding year 13 content ok so far. Likes his new teacher. But we’ll see. I think he lost his confidence last year and then buried his head in the sand about it.

He got an E in his end year exam last year.

Sounds like he's got his act together now then. Well done to him.

Probably a b based on what you said

Speaking as an AL maths teacher here.

It is almost impossible to determine what % will result in what mark. I have known 70% be an A* and I’ve known it be a B. There are so many different factors to consider. Grade boundaries change each year, each paper, depends on how well the cohort did, the exam board and so on.

Each paper can have a different weighting and number of marks allocated to it. The marks from all the papers sat will be converted into UMS marks and it’s the % UMS marks which determine the grade.

However, as a rough guide…

When marking my home made papers (not using past papers with actual mark schemes and already determined grade boundaries) I go with the UMS boundaries even though I’m working with raw marks. It’s just a really rough guide and in reality, had it been a real paper, they would either have got the same grade or probably have got a slightly higher grade.

90% - A*
80% - A
70% - B
60% - C
50% - D
40% - E
<40% - U

However, this all depends on the questions set by the teacher. If they are only C/D/E grade questions then 71% is only ever going to be a C or even a high D. But, if they are only A*/A/B questions then 71% is easily an A possibly higher. If the questions were an even spread of all the grades then 71% is definitely in the B territory.