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25 Feb 2017

Important PSLE Dates

Preparing your child

PSLE T-Score

Posting Method

Selection of Schools

DSA updates

Outline

Important PSLE Dates*

Oral Exam (EL & MT) 17 and 18 Aug 2017 (Thurs & Fri)

Listening Comprehension (EL & MT) 15 Sept 2017 (Fri)

PSLE Dates

Written Exam

English - Thurs 28 Sept

Mathematics - Fri 29 Sept

Mother Tongue - Mon 2 Oct

Science - Tue 3 Oct

Higher Mother Tongue - Wed 4 Oct

Distribution of

Booklets

Option Form

Submission & Capturing

Reporting to Sec School

Sep

3 days after

releasing of

results

1st Week of

Nov/Dec

Holidays

Dec*

Day after

Posting Results*

ImportantDates 2017

Important PSLE Dates*

Oral Exam (EL & MT) 17 and 18 Aug 2017 (Thurs & Fri)

Listening Comprehension (EL & MT) 15 Sept 2017 (Fri)

What is the school doing …

Teacher Deployment Class arrangementsOptions & Opportunities

PUPILS

INTELLECTUAL

Subject MasteryExam Skills

Right mindsetConfidenceMotivationStress & Time Mgt

Communications With Parents

School Leaders’Involvement

A pupil who can do well …

Drive and interest to give off the best

The right attitude

Consistent effort – goes the extra mile

Stays focused and pays attention – listens to teacher

Good quality work –prompt and neat

Keeps a schedule and tracks his /her performance

Good time & stress management

Reads widely

English Language 100%

Mother Tongue 100 %

Mathematics 100 %

Science 100 %

Higher Mother Tongue is not included in the computation of PSLE aggregate score

Any aggregate of 250 and above will be given HMT or 3rd language option

Subjects taken at PSLE

Incorporates performance of pupils in all 4 subjects

Allows pupils to be ranked fairly

PSLE Aggregate

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)

Why use T- Score

What is T-Score

It gives the relative position of a pupil’s 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 .

T-score 50 + 10 ( X - Y )

ZX = pupil’s mark for the

subjectY = average mark scored

by all pupilsZ = spread of marks

around the average mark (Standard Deviation)

PSLE T-Score

Pupil’s mark for the subject = 80Average mark scored byall pupils = 60Spread of marks aroundthe average mark = 20

T-score = 50 + 10 (80 - 60)20

= 60

T-Score

A need for standardisation of the raw scores

Transformed Score

or T-Score

Subject

Raw

Score Mean SD T-Score

EL 80 50 20 65

Maths 90 50 19 71

Science 90 60 15 70

MT (CL) 80 60 15 63

Aggregate score for this pupil is …..65 + 71 + 70 + 63 = 269

Example 1

Subject

Raw

Score Mean SD T-Score

EL 80 50 20 65

Maths 90 50 19 71

Science 90 60 15 70

MT (CL) 80 60 15 63

Pupil scores 90 marks for both Maths & Science but has a higher T-score in Maths

Example 2

Subject

Raw

Score Mean SD T-Score

EL 80 50 20 65

Maths 90 50 19 71

Science 90 60 15 70

MT (CL) 80 60 15 63

Pupil scores 80 marks for both EL & CL but has a higher T-score in EL

Example 3

Raw

score

(X) EL MA Total

Pupil A 95

(A*)

80

(A) 175

Pupil B 90

(A)

83

(A) 173

T-score EL MA Total

Pupil A 54 80 134

Pupil B 52 83 135

A pupil scoring 3A* could end up having an aggregate less than one scoring 3A.

English Paper: Ave marks, Y = 85; Std Dev, Z = 25Maths Paper: Ave marks, Y = 50; Std Dev, Z = 10

T(Subject) = 50 + 10 (X – Y)/Z

Aggregate calculation

Put in 6 choices of secondary schools

In order of preference

Selection of Secondary Schools

Academic ability of child

Type of school and programmes available

Schools’ previous year posting aggregate ranges

Distance of school from home

Affiliated Schools

Direct School Admission

Choice of Secondary School

Posting of Pupils

280

275

260

240 and below

By Merit : Rank all PSLE students by their PSLE Scores

FULL

275

260

By Choice

280

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

FULL

Postal District

Group Postal District

After 6 choices……

Set realistic expectations

Provide a conducive study environment at home

Monitor work and motivate child

Work hand in hand with teachers

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