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Important PSLE Dates Preparing your child PSLE T-Score Posting Method Selection of Schools DSA

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Important PSLE Dates*

Oral Exam (EL & MT) 20 and 21 Aug 2015(Thu & Fri)

Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)18 Sep 2015 (Fri)

Important PSLE Dates

Written Exam 1 - 7 October 2015 English Math Mother Tongue Science Higher Mother Tongue

PSLE Marking Exercise 19-22 October 2015

Distribution ofBooklets

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 2015

What is the school doing What is the school doing ……

PH

YSIC

AL

PH

YSIC

AL

Teacher Deployment Teacher Deployment Class arrangementsClass arrangementsOptions & OpportunitiesOptions & Opportunities

PUPILS PUPILS

INTELLECTUAL INTELLECTUAL

Subject MasterySubject MasteryExam Skills Exam Skills

EM

OTIO

NAL

EM

OTIO

NAL

Right mindsetRight mindsetConfidenceConfidenceMotivationMotivationStress & Time Mgt Stress & Time Mgt

Communications Communications With ParentsWith Parents

School Leaders’School Leaders’InvolvementInvolvement

A pupil who can do well …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 Lang 100% Mother Tongue 100 %Maths 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 PSLESubjects taken at PSLE

Incorporates performance of pupils in all 4 subjects

Allows pupils to be ranked fairly

PSLE AggregatePSLE 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- ScoreWhy use T- Score

What is T-ScoreWhat 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 )

Z X = pupil’s mark for the subject Y = average mark scored by all pupils Z = spread of marks around the average mark (Standard Deviation)

PSLE T-ScorePSLE T-Score

Pupil’s mark for the subject = 80

Average mark scored byall pupils = 60Spread of marks aroundthe average mark = 20

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

T- ScoreT- Score

A need for standardisation of the raw scores

Transformed Score or T-Score

SubjectRaw

Score Mean SDT-

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

SubjectRaw 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 63Pupil scores 90 marks for both Maths & Science but has a higher T-score in Maths

Example 2

SubjectRaw

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 Distance from Home Schools’ previous year posting

aggregate ranges Distance of school from Home Affiliated Schools Direct school Admission

Choice of Secondary SchoolChoice of Secondary School

Posting of PupilsPosting of Pupils

285

284263

240 and below

By Merit :Rank all PSLE students by their PSLE Scores

FULL

284

263

By Choice

285

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

FULL

Postal District

Group Postal District

After 6 choices……

Set realistic expectationsProvide a conducive study environment at home

Monitor work and Motivate childWork hand in hand with teachersAn eye on child’s Cyber world

Our appeal to you …..Our appeal to you …..

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