Which term is the converted score used for grading?

• A. Unit Weighting
• B. Raw Mark
• C. UMS Mark
• D. Grade E Descriptor

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is how marks are handled from a student’s work to a final grade. The raw mark is the actual tally of marks awarded for a candidate’s responses—the immediate score you get from applying the marking scheme. This raw mark is the figure that is compared against grade boundaries to determine the final grade. In practical terms, teachers and boards often convert raw marks into a Uniform Mark Scale (UMS) score for standardising results across papers and years, but the grade itself is grounded in the raw mark first. That’s why the term used for the score that feeds into grading is the raw mark. The other terms describe different aspects: unit weighting relates to how units contribute to the overall grade, the UMS mark is the converted score on the uniform scale, and the Grade E Descriptor explains what a grade E represents in terms of performance.