PSLE

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PSLE T-Score Explained
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OUTLINE

• PSLE is a placement exam
• What is the PSLE Aggregate SCORE?
• Why is T-Score used?
• Definition Calculation of T-Score
• Questions about T-Score

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PSLE - a placement exam

• Need to reflect the relative achievement level of
  pupils within their peers.
• Places pupils into different courses according to
  their academic ability
• Enables posting to secondary schools by merit and
  as far as possible into a school of their choice.

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What is PSLE Aggregate Score?
It is a sum of scores.
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The PSLE Aggregate Score

• incorporates performance of pupils in all 4
  subjects
• allows pupils to be ranked fairly

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Can raw scores be used?
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Why Not?

• Different subjects have different levels of
  difficulty
• So are the spread of marks from the average mark,
  i.e. the standard deviation (spread standard
  deviation)

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MEASURE OF S P R E A D
Narrow
Wide
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H U R R A Y !
I scored 85 in both English and Mother Tongue !
DOLLY
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Dolly scores 85 in both EL and MT

• Her performance in MT is very close to that of
  other pupils

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A need for standardisation of the raw scores
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T-Score
EL
MT
T-Score converts average mark of each subject to
a common score of 50 points. It also converts
other marks taking into consideration the extent
to which they differ from the average and the
size of spread of the marks around the average
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What is T-Score?

• It gives the relative position of a pupils
  performance as compared to the performance of all
  the other pupils in that subject

• The raw mark obtained in the exam only shows how
  good the pupil is in that subject, not how good
  he is as compared to others

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How is T-Score calculated for each subject?
Y)
-
(X


10


50


T
Z
where X pupils mark for the
subject Y average mark (mean) scored by all
pupils Z spread of marks around the
average mark
(standard deviation)
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Example

• Pupils mark (X) in exam 50.0
• Average mark (Y) scored by all pupils
  68.0
• Spread of marks (Z) around the
• average mark (Y) 14.0

(50 - 68.0)
T 50 10
14.0
37.14
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How is the Aggregate Score calculated?
By adding the T-Scores of the 4 subjects
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Example
Subject
Total
Mark
T-Score
EL1
200
105
34
CL2
200
152
51
Maths
100
67
53
Science
100
58
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Aggregate
185
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Finally, all pupils are ranked according to
their Aggregate Scores
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T-SCORES GRADES Is it possible for a pupil
with 3A and 1A to be ranked lower than another
pupil who has only 1A and 3As?
Yes, it is possible
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Agg T-Score 246 249
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P5 ASSESSMENT
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SCORING ?As

• Set a specific goal (Target Setting)
• Positive Mindset
• Strategize to achieve that goal
• Learn from mistakes
• Change strategy until target is achieved

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Key Events(P5)
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Key Events(P6)
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P5 YH/AH Form Teachers
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Thank you.....
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Welcome to Primary 5 Meet-the-Parents Session
2007
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CA1 components

• 70 CA1 paper
• 30 Daily works

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CA1 results
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English

• In general, pupils are weak in
• a) vocabulary
• b) comprehension cloze
• c) comprehension
• d) spelling
• f) checking skills

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English

• Pupils level of comprehension is weak. They do
  not read the questions thoroughly and
  misinterpret the questions.
• Inadequate vocabulary limits their comprehension.

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English

• Pupils do not know how to pick out contextual
  clues to help them understand the text.
• In Editing, pupils lose marks because they lack
  spelling skills.

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English What can be done

• Expose pupils to a variety of reading materials
  of different genres.
• Reading will definitely help pupils understand
  language better in order to pick out clues for
  vocabulary cloze.

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English School Programme

• Structured Reading Programme
• Little Red Dot (compulsory)
• Focused Worksheets e.g. Comprehension Worksheets
• Grammar is taught using Primary English (more
  focused)
• Literature Programme to appreciate good writing

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Chinese/Higher Chinese
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Chinese/Higher Chinese
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Chinese/Higher Chinese

• Students will be
• taught the skills to answer different types of
  questions
• exposed to different text styles
• trained to use the e-dictionary effectively in
  learning vocabulary

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Mathematics

• In general, pupils are weak in these areas
• a) Heuristics
• b) Model drawing
• c) Concepts of Area Perimeter
• e.g. given area/perimeter, calculate
  sides
• d) Converting fractions to decimal vice versa
• e) Multiplication tables

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Mathematics

• Pupils should
• 1. learn to pace themselves during the test/exam
• If pupils spend 15-30mins on a 1 mark or 2 marks
  question, then when they come to Section C, they
  will find that they have insufficient time.
  Section C comprises of questions that are 3, 4 or
  5 marks.
• 2. be more Pupils tend to leave out units or give
  incorrect units. careful
• 3. commit to memory their multiplication tables
• (1 12 times tables)

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Science

• Students did not read the questions carefully.
• Students are unable to phrase their answers
  correctly.
• Students are unable to link what they had learnt
  to the application questions asked, hence were
  unable to answer most of the application
  questions.

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Science

• Ensure that girls goes through the paper again
  during the holiday to ensure that all the
  concepts taught in term 1 are clear to them.
• Parents can also help in ensuring girls
  completing their daily school work and hand in on
  time so that the teacher can assess the students
  and provide all the necessary help if required.

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Science

• Get students to do self-revision for primary 3
  and 4 work during the holiday as primary 5 topic
  will need prior knowledge from them.
• Encourage students to do more application
  questions. Questions 27, 28 and 31 of their CA1
  paper are examples of application questions.

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School Diary

• Parents to get information from the school diary
  (eg. CA/SA dates, school rules, calendar of
  events etc.)
• Make use of diary as a channel to communicate
  with parents.
• Highlight rules

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THANK YOU