Hello, for moderation/ranking/scaling whatever its called, if im ranked 3rd in a subject and get the highest external mark ( out of my cohort ) in an exam can i still get the highest mark overall in my school cohort? or do i automatically get the 3rd highest mark and have it moderated with my internal ?
thanks
Hey Jamie! First, understand that
your exam mark is yours, your cohort/rank has no effect on that
Your
Moderated Assessment Mark, however, is what gets changed. Getting the 3rd highest mark is a good way to approximate it, so yes, while your exam mark will stay the same, your assessment mark will be moderated to something similar to the 3rd highest exam mark. These are then averaged at the end
Edit: Note this is a rough way of explaining it. In reality the moderation process takes the School Marks themselves and shifts them up or down based on the exam average, keeping relative distance. That said, you will roughly get the 3rd highest exam mark as your internal mark.