Question NW633 to the Minister of Basic Education
07 April 2017 - NW633
Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(a) What was the calculated impact of the inclusion of the marks of progressed pupils on the overall results of the 2016 National Senior Certificate examinations, (b) how was the specified impact calculated and (c) was the impact calculated before or after the mark standardisation process?
Reply:
a) The impact of the progressed learners on the overall results of the 2016 National Senior Certificate examination, is 3.7%.
b) The overall pass rate with the progressed learners included is 72.5% and the overall pass rate with the progressed learners excluded is 76.2%. The difference between these two figures is 3.7%
c) The impact was calculated after the standardisation process.