Pinecone wrote:
Hi again.
Have just read the link to the explanation. I may perhaps be wrong in saying that older children have points deducted (I'm no expert). However, I do not agree that "children are only compared to those born in the same month as them". Younger children do end up with higher standardised scores than older children who have the same raw scores and as you have to obtain the pass mark in Trafford to qualify, both younger and older children are being compared with each other rather than just children of their own age. I don't pretend to know all about standardisation but I have personally experienced a difference in CEM standardised marks in double figures between the oldest and the youngest in the cohort with the same raw scores.
I'm sure you have, but it's not a result of the process as you are describing it. scary mum and Tinkers are correct.