PSLE Talk
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6 July 2013
School Concerns
PSLE T-Score
School Programmes
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Preparing for PSLE 2013
 Completion of syllabus by end July
School Revision –end July to Sep
PSLE Oral Exam -- Aug
PSLE Listening --Sep
PSLE Written---end Sept
Results --- 21 Nov (Tentative)
Posting – 20 Dec (Tentative)
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PSLE Performance 2012
 English –96.9% (National 97.0%)
 Maths– 74.5% (National 85.3%)
 Science—88.8% (National 90.5%)
 Chinese– 95.4% (National 97.3%)
 Malay--- 97.8% (National 98.0%)
 Tamil ----91.% (National 97.7%)
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PSLE 2012
• 48,333 sat for exam
• 97.6% assessed suitable for
secondary schools
• 63.1% eligible for Express
• 23.1% for Normal (Academic)
• 11.4% for Normal (Technical)
• 2.4% to repeat P6
Marsiling Primary School …. Every Child
Can with Strong School-Home Support4
T-Scores Cut-Off
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Express – 200 and above
Express/Normal Academic – 188
Normal (Academic) – 160
Normal (A)/Normal (T) – 152
Normal (Technical) - <152 and must
obtain Grade E/4 or better in EL/FEL,
MA/FMA and 1 other subject at
Standard/Foundation
Marsiling Primary School …. Every Child
Can with Strong School-Home Support5
Our PSLE Focus for 2013
Improve passes in English, Maths
and Science vs National
Value-add high scorers
Level up average scorers
Help the ‘U-graders’ up to D grade
Intensive PSLE Prep Programme
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School’s Focus
For EL & Maths & Science– Enrichment
for the A & B graders
Level up C & D graders- School-based
intensive remedial lessons
U-graders– focus on practice & reteach
T3W5 – Complete syllabus, Practice
Tests & Revision
Individual Target Setting Cards
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Intensive PSLE Prep
Programme@MPS
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To start in T3W5
Suspend non-examinable subjects
PE lessons to continue
Mock exams & Practice Tests
Intensive subject revision and
re-teaching weak topics
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Home-School
Collaborations
Important for A Child’s
Success in School
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Learning Concerns
• Lack of proper adult supervision
• Getting involved in wrong company
after school
• Disruptive behaviour during lessons
• Frequently absent from school
• Lack of cooperation from family
• Parents no time for child
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Cases Handled
• Children beyond parental control
• Parents not aware of their children’s
activities out of school
• Parents refusing to accept school’s
feedback on child’s learning
• Parents having no time to attend to
feedback from school
Marsiling Primary School …. Every Child
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Can with Strong School-Home Support
Parents’ Role & Responsibility
• Setting clear rules and expectations
• Teaching positive personal and social
behaviours through example
• Family values of respect, integrity,
resilient and responsibility are important
• A child is reflection of the family
• Supportive families, positive learning
Marsiling Primary School …. Every Child
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Can with Strong School-Home Support
Parents’ Role in PSLE
• Know your child, communicate with
the teachers on child’s needs
• Over-stressing your child e.g. too
many tuition homework given
• Not communicating with your child
• Be supportive of your child
• Provide a conducive home learning
environment
Marsiling Primary School …. Every Child
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Can with Strong School-Home Support
Why Are we concerned?
• Give every pupil the opportunity to perform
his or her level best
Child
• Academic success is 3-way
Family
School
We want to ensure that our pupils get the
chance to go to the secondary school he or
she chooses after PSLE
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Working Towards Preparing for
PSLE
 31st May –one to one Parent-Teacher
Conference on pupils’ performance
 July/August Intensive PSLE Prep
 End August—School’s Prelim Exams
 Term 4 – Provide T-scores based on
prelims performance & Target Setting
 Target remedial & prep up
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PSLE Results are based not on
Raw scores but on T-Scores
T-Scores can vary from
year to year---Let’s talk
about it
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OUTLINE
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PSLE is a placement exam
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What is the PSLE Aggregate SCORE?
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Why is T-Score used?
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Definition & Calculation of T-Score
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Questions about T-Score
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PSLE is a Placement Exam
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Shows the relative achievement level
of pupils within their peers.
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Places pupils into different courses
according to their academic ability
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Enables posting to secondary schools
by merit and as far as possible into a
school of their choice.
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What is PSLE Aggregate Score?
It is a sum of scores.
What are these
scores?
Are they
raw
scores?
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The PSLE Aggregate Score
 Takes into account the
performance of pupils in
all 4 subjects
 Allows pupils to be ranked
fairly
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Can raw scores be used?
NO !
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Why Not?
 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)
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MEASURE OF
S P R E A D
Narrow
Wide
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HURRAY!
Sarah
I scored 85% in
both English
and Mother
Tongue !
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Sarah scores 85% in both EL and MT
Her performance in MT is very
close to that of other pupils
85%
She did much better
in EL as compared
to other pupils
EL
0
MT
EL ave
= 60
MT ave
= 80
100
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A need for standardisation of
the raw scores
Transformed Score
or T-Score
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EL
T-Score
MT
85%
85%
ave = 80
ave = 60
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T-Score converts average mark of each subject to a
common score of 50 points. It also converts other
marks taking into consideration the extent to which
they differ from the average and the size of spread of
the marks around the average
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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
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How is T-Score calculated
for each subject?
(X - Y)
=
+
T 50 10
Z
where
X: pupil’s mark for the subject
Y: average mark (mean) scored by all
pupils
Z: spread of marks around the average
mark (standard deviation)
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Example:
 Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 50.0
 Average mark (Y) scored by
all pupils
= 68.0
 Spread of marks (Z) around the
average mark (Y)
= 14.0
T = 50 + 10 (50 - 68.0)
14.0
= 37.14
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How is the Aggregate
Score calculated?
By adding the T-Scores of
the 4 subjects
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Example:
Subject
Total
Mark
T-Score
EL1
200
105
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CL2
200
152
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Maths
100
67
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Science
100
58
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Aggregate: 185
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Finally,
all pupils are ranked
according to their Aggregate
Scores
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T-SCORES & GRADES:
Is it possible for a pupil with
3A* and 1A to be ranked lower
than another pupil who has
only 1A* and 3As?
Yes, it is possible
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Subj
John’s
Susan’s
Mark
TMark
T(Grade) Score (Grade) Score
EL1
MT
MA
SC
182
A
185
A*
91
A*
92
A*
60
70
60
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Aggregate T-Score: 246
190
A*
180
A
80
A
86
A
68
68
58
55
249
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