Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9708 Economics June 2012 Grade Thresholds

ECONOMICS
GCE Advanced Level and GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 9708 (Economics) in the May/June 2012 examination.

maximum mark available Component 11 Component 12 Component 13 Component 21 Component 22 Component 23 Component 31 Component 32 Component 33 Component 41 Component 42 Component 43 30 30 30 40 40 40 30 30 30 70 70 70

minimum mark required for grade: A 24 23 23 22 23 28 23 23 23 48 47 48 B 21 20 20 19 20 24 21 21 21 43 40 43 E 13 13 13 12 12 15 13 13 13 29 25 29

The thresholds (minimum marks) for Grades C and D are normally set by dividing the mark range between the B and the E thresholds into three. For example, if the difference between the B and the E threshold is 24 marks, the C threshold is set 8 marks below the B threshold and the D threshold is set another 8 marks down. If dividing the interval by three results in a fraction of a mark, then the threshold is normally rounded down. Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component. The thresholds for the syllabus are determined first by adding together the thresholds for the components taken by the candidate. A reduction may be made at the higher grades depending on the correlation of the papers. If the maximum raw marks for the components are not in the weighting/relationship specified in the syllabus, a weighting is applied to arrive at the overall thresholds. The A* threshold is calculated using the difference between A and B as a starting point. The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 200 for A Level and 100 for AS Level. For this syllabus in this series the grade thresholds were as follows:

Option AX AY AZ BX

Combination of components 11, 21, 31, 41 12, 22, 32, 42 13, 23, 33, 43 31, 41 and AS from last June

A* 145 146 145 152

A 133 132 133 139

B 121 118 121 126

C 106 103 106 110

D 91 88 91 95

E 77 73 77 80

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Cambridge International Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Level 9708 Economics June 2012 Grade Thresholds Option BY BZ CX CY CZ SX SY SZ Combination of components 32, 42 and AS from last June 33, 43 and AS from last June 31, 41 and AS from last Nov. 32, 42 and AS from last Nov. 33, 43 and AS from last Nov. AS Level A* 153 152 150 151 150 A 138 139 135 134 135 64 B 123 126 120 117 120 57 C 107 110 106 102 106 49 D 91 95 92 88 92 42 E 76 80 78 74 78 35

Grade Thresholds are published for all GCE A/AS and IGCSE subjects where a corresponding mark scheme is available.

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