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Table 2 Grade descriptors, calculations and allocations for the 158 question 5 th Year SCT

From: Summative assessment of 5thyear medical students’ clinical reasoning by script concordance test: requirements and challenges

Grade and description

Relationship to expert score

Range for each grade

n students

A Above expected competency for the year level

Within −2 SD

68+

44

B Clearly at expected competency for the year level

Within −3 SD

62-67

61

C Just reaches expected competency for the year level

Within −4 SD

56-61

23

D Below expected competency for the year level

Within -5SD

51-55

4

E Far below expected competency for the year level.

Anything less

<51

0