How Does Cambridge Grade Thresholds Explained: How Grades Are Awarded 🤔 Work?

Cambridge uses grade thresholds to decide who gets what grade based on how many points you score.

Imagine you're playing a game where everyone gets points for answering questions correctly. At the end of the game, there's a scoreboard with different grades, like A, B, C, and so on. Each grade has a special number, that’s your threshold.

• If you score more than or equal to the threshold for an A, you get an A.
• If you’re between the thresholds for A and B, you get a B.
• This continues all the way down to the lowest grade.

Think of it like having different levels in a video game. Each level has a target number of coins you need to collect, that's your threshold. If you collect enough coins for the highest level, you win that level. If not, you get the next one down.

Sometimes more people do better than expected, so the numbers needed for each grade can change slightly from year to year, like how a teacher might adjust the number of points needed for an A if everyone did really well.