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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2019
6.4. The Preliminary Marks

The preliminary mark (C mark) is made up of the following:
 Class marks (A marks): They will account for 20 marks out of 50
 Part examination marks (B marks): They will account for 30 marks out of 50.

6.4.1. Preliminary marks and Final marks

The graph below shows differences between the Final Mark and the Preliminary Mark for
all pupils who took the European Baccalaureate. A negative difference means that the
Preliminary Mark is higher than the Final Mark, and vice-versa.

76.65% of the candidates got a higher or equal Preliminary Mark as compared to their Final
Mark. However, in 69.97% of the cases the difference was not greater than 5 points. For
99.40% of the candidates, the difference between the Preliminary Mark and Final Mark shows
deviation of +/- 5 points out of 100.

Differences between Final Mark and Preliminary Mark (Ranges)

80%
69,84%
70%
60%
50%

40%
30% 23,13%

20%
10% 6,44%
0,28% 0,32%
0%
-15 – -10,01 -10 – -5,01 -5 – 0 0,01 – 5 5,01 – 10

Preliminary Mark is higher or equal (76.55%) Preliminary Mark is lower (23.45%)

Outcome of: Final mark - Preliminary mark: Candidates

Between -15 and -10,01 points 6
Between -10 and -5,01 points 140
Between -5 and -0,01 points 1518
Exactly 0 points 1
Between 0,01 and 5 points 503
Between 5,01 and 10 points 7
2175

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