Post Results FAQ
5. Uniform Marks Scale
5.1 What is a uniform mark scale?
5.2 What are the total uniform marks for a GCE/ GCSE?
5.3 What is the relationship between uniform marks and grades?
5.1 What is a uniform mark scale?
It is a scale used to smooth out the small variations in the demand of the assessment units sat by candidates during their GCE and GCSE studies.
For example, the level of difficulty of a particular assessment unit test may vary slightly from session to session. Where this happens the grade boundaries for a January assessment unit examination may be slightly different from those set for the corresponding May/June assessment unit examination.
Similarly, for example, the grade boundaries for the assessment unit examination for Core assessment unit 1 may be slightly different from those for the test for Core assessment unit 2.
In order to allow a fair aggregation of the results of different assessment unit tests, it has been agreed that results will not be reported as raw marks but will be given as uniform marks. This standardises assessment unit test results and allows an overall grade to be computed by aggregation of the uniform mark.
5.2 What are the total uniform marks for a GCE/ GCSE?
GCE Uniform Mark Tables & Grade BoundariesMay/June 2008
GCSE Uniform Mark TablesMay/June 2008
5.3 What is the relationship between uniform marks and grades?
This information is shown on the uniform mark tables below:
GCE Uniform Mark Tables & Grade BoundariesMay/June 2008
GCSE Uniform Mark TablesMay/June 2008
- Interpretation of results
- Grade boundaries
- Enquiring about results
- Re-marking
- Uniform Marks Scale
- Special Consideration
