Well, it seems that PGDB sent the graded exam to an old address (though I gave them the correct new address 4 weeks ago
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so I haven't seen my scores. But I have been a craftsman plumber in the US for 15 years, passed all those exams with flying colors. I have been in NZ for a year working as a plumber, passed the $3500 week long exam in Wellington and studied very hard for this written exam. I felt I did 90%.
I didn't. I got 54. I don't even know how that is possible. It means I missed every other point on the exam.
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I knew all the questions--recognized them from my study materials--and I know that I answered well.
If you score 55-59, they automatically re check the grading. But they don't with 54.
I am just curious about the grading policy. My wife is a maths teacher and we have discussed the test in detail. She thinks that the multiple point questions (where you explain and make a drawing of a system) must have been graded all or nothing.
Do they give partial credit?
I thought that if there are multiple parts to the question, and I missed one tiny part, I would still get credit for the parts I got correct. But a score of 54 says otherwise!
Many of the questions were complex but time was short. I wonder also--how fair is the grading? I know it is completely subjective and I bet the graders all grade completely differently.
I am just trying to figure out what went so wrong. I know this material. I was comfortable that I answered the questions very well. There is just no way that I missed 46% of the questions. That is very extreme.
And now the packet that they sent to the wrong address can't be tracked down. No paper, no chance to ask for a regrade.
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Basically, we are in very bad shape for our immigration status with a failing grade.
Linkback: https://www.plumbers.nz/exam-policies-and-updates/63/grading-policy-for-the-exams/272/