No they can't do that, think about why you fucking idiot

(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:18, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'll give you a clue
it's to do with different people taking the tests in different years.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)

It's to do with comparing the value of the grade over multiple age groups

(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)

It's a bit like if 100 meter runners get faster every year
why don't we just make them run 102 meters?
(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:20, Reply)

that's not the same thing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)

No it's not, you don't run fast during exams

(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)

I did.
In the oppostite direction.
( girlinthehole, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)

you didn't have the 400 metre A-level maths relay at your school?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)

it would need to be done across the board with the buy in of all the universities and such
and it would make the results not comparable to previous years, but is there someone else that I am overlooking?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:20, Reply)

It would end up with I got a comparrison of grades being based on their years.
C in 2015 is a B in 2011 etc.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)

I should have learned by now that making off the cuff remarks is a mistake

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Just do it when I'm not online
other people don't notice.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)

I suspect Clendrix did.
either that or she simply doesn't approve of me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:24, Reply)

Wouldn't it just be easier to say
the top 10% of papers get an A
the next 15% get a B
etc.

That way we take into account the possibility that one year's paper may be a bit easier/harder than the year before. Or is this how it's already done?

It's Friday and I'm confused.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 17 Jun 2011, 15:27, Reply)