GCSE Results Day Inaccuracy - A 9-8 in Science on the student page counted as two 8s
I use the following to see who the tope performers are on GCSE Results Day:
Grades>Overview>Students (and then All A8 Quals and set to count, order by APS).
I've just realised that a 9-8 in science is averaged to an 8.5 and then counts as two 8s for this student, which effectively makes this page inaccurate when counting how many 9s/8s/7s a student has received. Similarly, a L2D*, 8.5 is rounded down to an 8, but this is uderstandable as the page can only count integer grades, but the science count needs to be sorted so that this page is more accurate representation of the grades actually received, i.e. if a stduent achieves a 9-8 it is one grade 9 and one grade 8, not two grade 8s.
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Kirstie Callaghan commented
If you're ordering by APS, rather than counting the number of results at each grade level, then it's not really averaging the Science double? It's adding the 9, and the 8. So the APS should still be correct.
The count at each level will be 'wrong', as by selecting "All A8 quals", you're asking SISRA to treat the Double Science grade like a standard GCSE: and it would do that by splitting the overall points by 2, ending up with the 8.5 which as you say is rounded to Level 8.
The only way to avoid that would be to run your totals at each grade for Science Double separately (under the grade type you have assigned for Science Double), and then the columns will give you the correct number at each specific GCSE Level.
Export both reports (Normal GCSE + Double GCSE) and add together.