[HPforGrownups] OWLs and NEWTs

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 8833

Kassie Ostrander wrote:

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>> I've always had an interesting thought on a way that the OWLs and NEWTs
>> could be set up.  When they take the tests their could be a test that they
>> have to take regardless of what classes they are takin and each test would
>> be worth 100 points and on each test no one could score over that amout.
>> Then after the tests were graded all the points a student earned would be
>> added up and for every so many pointsthat get an OWL/NEWT.  For those
>> peoplel like Hermione and Percy who take more electives then they have to
>> and are studious would get more points because they would score well on a
>> greater amout of test then just hopefully really really well in the subject
>> they are taking.  Does that make any sense?  I know it's a little weird but
>> it's sorta neat.
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> I thought of them as more like the MEAPs (don't ask me what they stand for)
> You can score either a 1, 2 , 3, or 4 on each test, and there is a seperate
> test for each subject.  If you score enough 3s and 4s you get a scholarship,
> The Michigan Merit award or something,   I never actually took them, being
> in private school until senior year, but most of my friends took them and
> told me all about them and they all have money for college, while i am going
> into debt.
> -Kassie

Good theories, but all the evidence points to them being directly related to
GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and A-levels (A is for
Advanced) which we in the UK take at 16 and 18, respectively. The marking
scheme is on a scale of 1 to 100, with 50% being a pass (at grade C GCSE and
grade E A-level) and 80-85%+ in both being an A (GCSE also has the option of
A* at 90%, kinda like an A+ for our American friends).

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