Applying a spelling and grammar waiver

Treppen

Not an English teacher. So wondering on the maths of it.

So let's say a student without the S&G waiver gets 15/30, 15/30,15/30 and 10/10 in the above then they'd get 55%

What would a person with the waiver get if they scored the exact same (but the S&G Accuracy and Mechanics portion was discounted)?

extra-ordinary_

They would obviously get the same score but their accuracy and mechanics could be all over the place?

Treppen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122176203#Comment_122176203

Yes but either way it wouldn't be counted.

So they'd get 45/90 , is that right?

Treppen

Im just thinking of a student who might flunk the waiver test on purpose (mummy thinks they get an extra 10% on top).

So with the spelling and grammar waiver on the above example he'd get 50% (15+15+15 out of 90 )...

Without it he'd get 55%(15+15+15 +10 out of 100) . Are my sums correct here?

lulublue22

Don’t understand the mechanics of it but given that the underlining principle is to a/c for a given difficulty that is persistent ( in our case since early primary ) and does not resolve with additional school based interventions / learning support ( again since SI now LC ) then it seems unlikely that the waiver results in less marks in the scenario above given all other sections score the same. In my experience language teachers seem to be most up to date re wavier and what it means for their subject.

In our case the marking scheme however it works is by far out weighed by the reduction in anxiety and upset over something that she has no control over and does not impact her knowledge of the subject.

EAD

Hope this helps