Whats the results?

Bonavox

I'm doing my JC this year, and I still don't know my result definitions!

Can anyone tell me what an honour at Higher is, and at Ordinary?

Also, what is an A and B at ordinary and higher?

Thanks!

PurpleFistMixer

Not sure what you mean. I think an "honour" is a C or above in an honours level subject. Don't think there is an "honour" to speak of at ordinary level (maybe that's why HL is called honours).

The grade breakdown is approx like this:
85-100 A
70-85 B
55-70 C
40-55 D
25-40 E (okay now I'm just speculating based on a pattern)
10-25 F
<10 NG

spurious

Technically speaking, the only 'real' honours are grades A, B and C achieved on a Higher Level paper, but over recent years, people have started calling grades A, B and C on any level paper an honour.

'In the old days', people used to speak of 'red honours', which were an honours grade (55%+) achieved on an ordinary level paper.

The grading is the same on papers for all levels.

85-100 A
70-84 B
55-69 C
40-54 D
25-39 E
10-24 F
0 - 10 NG

Scoring more than 40 counts as passing the exam.
Scoring more than 55% counts as passing the exam 'with honours'.

In reality, on a Junior Cert. paper, once a candidate gets to 38%, every attempt will be made by the corrector to find him/her the necessary marks to pass. It is an exam where the object is to maximise a candidate's achievement. The main reason people fail Junior Cert. exams is that they leave out questions or parts of questions.

soccymonster

An A in a pass paper is the same as a D in honours, just to let ya know..

spurious

soccymonster wrote: »

An A in a pass paper is the same as a D in honours, just to let ya know..

That's what the points system judges it as in the Leaving Cert., but at JC in some subjects, a candidate getting a B on an OL paper is often quite capable of a C on HL.

soccymonster

But thats what my maths teacher told me? God, shes a liar.. Hopefully she was lying about that maths test on monday as well.