Is PSLE so important?

[Luanee]

chamonix:

1988. How about you?

Wooh, I'm younger!! I graduated in 1990!! We may have crossed paths from 1987-1988 eh? Hee...

[caroline3sg]

luanee & chamonix


I graduated in 1985.

[corneyAmber]

vanilla cake, when did your mom graduate from RGS?

[Vanilla Cake]

ks2me:

vanilla cake, when did your mom graduate from RGS?

1982

[Vanilla Cake]

ChiefKiasu:

but the calculation of PSLE T-scores is like rocket science to me.

Came upon this posting today http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20081211-106943.html
The full text :

MY INTENTION in writing this letter is not to lodge any grievances about the recent Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), but rather to seek clarification on the following matter with the Singapore Examinations and Assessment

Board and other relevant authorities. My son scored well for the PSLE this year: He received three A* in total for English, Mathematics and Science, and even managed to clinch an A for his weakest subject, Chinese.

He was overjoyed until he saw his aggregate score of 244. Most of his friends who managed 3As and a B have better aggregate scores than him.

I called up the customer- service centre at the Ministry of Education to enquire if the grades reflected the raw score or the transformed score, or T-score.

It was confirmed that it is the latter, which is derived through a complicated process.

However, what I do not comprehend is this: If his 3A* and 1A as reflected in his result slips are his T-score, why is his aggregate score so low?

My son is not disappointed, but is just as confused as I am. I would very much like to seek clarification on this matter so as to seek closure for a son who did not ask for a single reward for his good results.

All he wants to know is why, and he will then move on.

Ms Chow Chai Foon

3A* + 1 A -> 244
Cannot understand and I have a younger sister taking PSLE 2011.

[corneyAmber]

Vanilla, please keep us posted of MOE’s reply to this letter. Thanks.


Just to add to your statistics of variation of 2 students I know:

1A*, 3As = 246
4As = 249

So the 3A* and 1A with 244 is really an interesting case if it is based on T-scores

[caroline3sg]

I read this article this morning too. I doubt MOE would give an explicit reply. I guess the reply would be, he scored the lowest of A* & A spectrum.

[Vanilla Cake]

[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


2009 PSLE Examination Calendar (Tentative) released by SEAB.

Oral - 20 Aug 2009 - 21 Aug 2009
LC - 18 Sep 2009
WE - 07 Oct 2009 - 13 Oct 2009 (Excluding weekends - 10/11 Oct 2009)

Good news to have more time for preparation. PSLE 2008 started fairly early
this year :

Oral - 14 Aug 2008 - 15 Aug 2008
LC - 12 Sep 2008
WE - 03 Oct 2008 - 09 Oct 2008 (Excluding weekends - 4/5 Oct 2008)

Warmest regards.

[lizawa]

ks2me:

Vanilla, please keep us posted of MOE's reply to this letter. Thanks.


Just to add to your statistics of variation of 2 students I know:

1A*, 3As = 246
4As = 249

So the 3A* and 1A with 244 is really an interesting case if it is based on T-scores

One thing to take note of T-score is that a A* for different subject will give a different T-score, even if the raw score is the same. So if you get a A* in the \"correct subject\", your T-score will be higher than someone who got an A* in a \"wrong subject\". Depends on the distribution curve.

So in this particular case, I think the person who scores 3As got the high As while the 3A* fall in the low A* range. And if the one with the 3As happen to score high A for the \"correct subject\", then, the T-score could be higher.

[lizawa]

Our school's principal gave us some illustration on the calculation of T-score. I have extracted 3 pages to share with you. So it's also important to score in the \"correct subject\" to get a high T-score. However, we don't usually know which is the \"correct subject\" until after the PSLE


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