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6.4.2. Differences between Preliminary Mark and First Correction

The marks considered in this section only concern the marks given by the teacher.

Differences between Preliminary Mark and 1st correction
30%
25,71%
25% 23,28%
20% 16,91%

15%
10,53%
9,09%
10%
4,51%
3,65% 3,30%
5% 1,34%
0,02% 0,06% 0,85% 0,55% 0,17%
0%
-5 – -4,01 -4 – -3,01 -3 – -2,01 -2 – -1,51 -1,5 – -1,01 -1 – -0,51 -0,5 – 0 0,01 – 0,5 0,51 – 1 1,01 – 1,5 1,51 – 2 2,01 – 3 3,01 – 4 4,01 – 5

The teacher’s written exam mark is higher or The Preliminary mark is higher or equal than the

equal than the Preliminary one (39.73%) teacher’s written exam mark (60.27%)

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Outcome of: Preliminary mark – 1 correction: Examinations
Between -5 and -4,01 points 2
Between -4 and -3,01 points 6
Between -3 and -2,01 points 92
Between -2 and -1,51 points 146
Between -1,50 and -1,01 points 397
Between -1 and -0,51 points 1145
Between -0,50 and -0,01 points 2393
Exactly 0 points 139
Between 0,01 and 0,50 points 2796
Between 0,51 and 1 point 1839
Between 1,01 and 1,50 points 988
Between 1,51 and 2 points 491
Between 2,01 and 3 points 359
Between 3,01 and 4 points 60
Between 4,01 and 5 points 18
Between 5,01 and 6 points 2
Between 6,01 and 7 points 1
Between 7,01 and 8 points 1
2
10875
It can be observed here that the variation of marks is greater. For around 49% of the cases,
the variation is +/- 0.5 points and for around 76% of the cases the variation is +/- 1 point .
3
Around 40% of the candidates received higher marks from their teachers in the written
examinations as compared to the preliminary mark. In 1.28% of the cases, the candidate
obtained the exact same mark at both Preliminary and first marks written examination.

2 We do not take into account Additional Examinations because not all these examinations had a preliminary
mark.
3 Points calculated out of 10 points.

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