What is a scaled study score?

The scaled study score uses your VCE study score and the performance of the entire cohort of students who undertook that study compared to how they performed in their other studies.

What is a scaled score?

What is a scaled score: A scaled score is a representation of the total number of correct questions a candidate has answered (raw score) that has been converted onto a consistent and standardized scale.

What does a study score of 37 mean?

Each year, and for every study, the mean (average) study score is set at 30 with a standard deviation of 7. This means that a score between 23 and 37 shows that you are in the middle range of students (approximately 68% of the population); a score of 38 or more indicates that you are in the top 16%.

Is 40 a good study score?

The median score is 30, which means if you have a raw study score of 30 then you have performed better than half of all students. If you have a study score of 40, then you've performed better than about 91% of all students who took the same subject.

Is a study score of 35 good?

A study score of 35 indicates you are in the top 26% of the state, so if you think about it, it's a pretty amazing score! A 35 is not like getting a 70% and a 40 is certainly not like getting 80%. The problem is that it's hard to estimate what ATAR you'll get based on your SAC mark….

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Is 27 a bad study score?

A score of between 23 and 37 shows that you are in the middle range of students; a score of 38 or more indicates that you are in the top 15%. For studies with large enrolments (1,000 or more): 2% of students will get a score on or above 45.

Is 30 a bad study score?

If you get a raw study score of 30 it means you have performed better than half of all students who took the same subject that year. A raw study score of 40 would mean that you performed better than around 91% of all students who took the same subject.

Is it hard to get a 35 study score?

26% of students will get a score on or above 35. 53% of students will get a score on or above 30. 78% of students will get a score on or above 25. 93% of students will get a score on or above 20.

Is it possible to get a 50 study score?

So for all the people wondering what they can do to crack that 50 study score – there is no such thing as a guaranteed 50, and most certainly no one way to “think” like a 50 student, but there are many things you can do during 3/4 English to give yourself the best shot at one.

How many people get a 44 study score?

2% of students will get a score on or above 45. 9% of students will get a score on or above 40.

What percentage is 36 study score?

Each year, and for every study, the mean (average) study score is set at 30 with a standard deviation of 7. This means that a score between 23 and 37 shows that you are in the middle range of students (approximately 68% of the population); a score of 38 or more indicates that you are in the top 16%.

What percentage is a 30 study score?

Simply, the mean study score of every subject is 30, with a maximum of 50. In subjects where there are over 1,000 students enrolled, 93% of students score over 20; 53% of students score over 30; only 15% over 38; 9% over 40 and 2% over 45.

Is study score raw or scaled?

The study scores are raw scores.

VCAA sends the student's raw scores to VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre) where they are converted into subject scores.

What is the lowest scaled score?

KS1 SATs scaled scores Range

The lowest scaled score that can be awarded on a KS1 test is 85.

How do you calculate a scaled score?

Each correctly scored item below 50 is calculated by taking the number of correct answers, multiplied by the scaled-score value (~3), and added to 100; a raw score of 20 would be approximately a scaled score of 160 (20 x 3, + 100), whereas a raw score of 40 would be approximately a scaled score of 220 (40 x 3, + 100).

What is the difference between score and scaled score?

A raw score is a score without any sort of adjustment or transformation, such as the simple number of questions answered correctly. A scaled score is the result of some transformation(s) applied to the raw score, such as in relative grading.

Is a 47 study score good?

The maximum study score is 50. Each year, and for every study, the mean study score is set at 30. A score of between 23 and 37 shows that you are in the middle range of students; a score of 38 or more indicates that you are in the top 15%. 93% of students will get a score on or above 20.

Is 25 a good study score?

According to VCAA, to get a study score of 25 you want to be in the range of the top 78% (approximately) of the State. This corresponds to a C+ on SACs and a C on your exam roughly. If you do well (or better) on your exam your SAC score goes up anyway.

What is the highest average study score?

Study scores

A perfect score is 50 and an average score is around 30.

Is 34 a bad study score?

The maximum possible study score is 50. Study scores are fitted to a bell curve with a median of 30, which means about half of all students score 30 or above. A study score of 40 or above is very hard to achieve - less than 9% of students are awarded 40+ study scores for each subject!

What happens if you fail a sac in year 12?

Students who fail to obtain a satisfactory grade for any SAC will be provided with opportunity to redeem that result. Please note that while the opportunity to obtain a satisfactory grade on a failed SAC exists, the actual numerical mark achieved in the initial attempt will not be altered.

Do SACs really matter?

Yes, SACs do matter, but they're not the be-all-end-all. You're not “competing” with your classmates. You want everyone to ace the exam so that all of your SAC marks will be scored highly. So help each other!

Is 70 percent a bad score?

C - this is a grade that rests right in the middle. C is anywhere between 70% and 79% D - this is still a passing grade, and it's between 59% and 69% F - this is a failing grade.

What subjects get scaled up?

Generally, most of the LOTE subjects scale very highly so if you are already studying a particular language, you should consider taking it as a VCE subject. Specialist Maths, Maths Methods, Chemistry, and Algorithms were also some of the highest-scaling non-language subjects.

Is it hard to get 40 study score?

A 40 study score is actually a relatively arbitrary achievement; it roughly correlates to about the top 9% in the state.