NOTE: These exemplars do not fully show Grade Score Marking (GSM) because of the small sample of student scripts involved, and the absence of a cut score meeting to determine grade boundaries. In 2012, level 1 2011 examination papers will have exemplars marked fully in accordance with GSM. These will be published on the NZQA website when the assessment schedules are published.

EXEMPLAR FOR MERIT

If the candidate had added that 1.3 and 1.7 are equal distances from the mean that Ali suggests (1.5kg) this would have included Merit evidence and increased the grade.

The candidate has copied the probability wrongly from their calculator (0.02275). Although this is a minor error it has simplified the problem as the final result does not need rounding to the nearest whole, and is no longer sufficient to be at an Excellence level.

M5

M5

0.44 (and 0.33) was a common wrong answer. Calculation errors such as these are a concern at this level.

The candidate partially solves the problem by calculating 0.21 – without working shown this partial award could not be given. Evidence is also on their tree diagram.

Answer is consistent with error (0.44).

M5