The exam board AQA has announced plans to review its training for staff who
review exam marks, following an investigation by Ofqual into a huge rise in the...
Not exact matches
When the Joint
Review Panel's report for the Northern Gateway Project (the NGP Report) was first released, I knew that
exam marking and other commitments would prevent me from posting a timely comment (in contrast, see here and here).
The resources available will use dyslexia friendly fonts so all students can access the learning - Students will summarise their learning from the previous six topics with some one
mark questions and will write down the answers in exercise books Students will
review our GCSE studies so far and will see how many topics they have already completed and what also needs to be completed before the May
exams Students will be introduced to the key terms of this topic and will answer two tasks based on famous scientists and the relationship they had with religion Students will then answer a task that recognises the differences between scientific truth and religious truth and will finish with some two
mark questions from the two previous theme topics
Under the new system, schools are charged # 10 for a clerical check to see if
marks were added up correctly and # 29.75 for a
marking review, but the charges only apply if there is no change to the
exam grade.
In addition to this,
exam boards will have to give reasons for
review of
marking decisions automatically for the summer 2020
exams series and onwards.
The
exam regulator claims that there have been inconsistencies in how
marks have been
reviewed in the past which have been unfair on students who have not asked for a
review of their
marks.
As part of these changes, the
exams regulator has decided to introduce the requirement for
exam boards to make
marked GCSE scripts available before their deadline for requesting a
review of
marking.
«So we were especially disappointed this year to find that not enough had been done by
exam boards to change these old practices and meet our revised expectations for
reviews of
marking.
On the subject of November re-sits, an Ofqual spokesperson said
exam boards had been asked «to act on the feedback» given since the summer series and «ensure that our rules on
reviews of
marking are applied appropriately in the November series».
The sharp rise in the number of GCSE grades that were changed at
marking review this year came about because some
exam boards «didn't follow rules», the head of the
exams regulator has said.
Previously, a further appeal after a
review would focus only on the procedures used by the
exam board when
marking the test, but schools will now be able to appeal the
mark itself if they believe it was not corrected during the
review.
Following a
review of post-results data relating to
reviews undertaken after this summer's
exams, Ofqual identified increases of
marks and grades that it «considered to be inconsistent» with fully compliant application of the new rules.
Last fall, state officials threw out all of the elementary school's 2013 - 14 test results after Beacon Hill saw an unusual jump in its scores and a district
review found «heavy erasure
marks» in students»
exam booklets.
Today's figures relate to appeals against overall grades awarded for GCSE and A level subjects, which is the second stage of challenge schools can mount following a
review of
marking or moderation of individual or multiple
exam papers.
As well as the internal
review into
marking, the
exam board said schools and
exam centres could still challenge individual results, using the traditional appeal route.
There were also criticisms of the process for querying
exam results - with claims of a «brick wall» and a reluctance to re-examine the pupil's script, rather than a
review of whether the correct
marking procedure had been followed.
It means that
exam boards can only change
marks on
review if a mistake was made in the original
marking — not if the examiner disagrees with a decision.
In response to a question from the committee about whether there should be a deprivation - based approach for charging for
reviews of
marking, Collier claimed Ofqual lacks the power to require
exam boards to set differentiated pricing for different groups of students, and added that
exam boards had no plans to bring in such arrangements.
Exam boards will be required to provide the reasons for
review of
marking decisions automatically from the summer 2020
exams
Exam boards will also have to automatically provide the reasons for a
review of a
marking decision, at the same time as providing the outcome.
The latest announcement will also require
exam boards to make
marked GCSE scripts available to schools and colleges before their deadline for requesting a
review of
marking, from 2020 onwards.
Exam boards will be required to make
marked GCSE scripts available to schools, before their deadline for requesting
reviews of
marking, from the summer of 2020
The sharp rise in the number of GCSE grades that were changed at
marking review this year came about because some
exam boards «didn't follow rules», the head...
Schools Week has previously reported how independent schools have more
exam administration resources which influences the ability to request
mark reviews.
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Exam boards must provide the reasons for
marking review decisions on request.
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Exam reviews for GCSE and A-level papers will only allow an examiner to
review and correct errors in
marking.
These are about the detail of the
exam boards» framework, which would be used to set dates for completing
reviews and appeals; when automatic grade protection that currently applies following moderation will be removed; and when
exam boards should be required to make
marked GCSE scripts available to schools.
Other changes include a decision that
exam reviews for GCSE and A-level papers will only allow an examiner to
review and correct errors in
marking.
In future,
exam boards will be able to give students the choice of requesting a
mark review either via their school or individually.
«It seems efforts to embed the revised rules for
reviews have varied by
exam board and subject and that some reviewers changed
marks where there was no error with original
marking,» Ofqual stated.
He «retired» in 2002 as chief inspector of schools, but since then has led a government
review into
exam marking; headed the private trust responsible for education in Hackney; and, barely six months ago, was appointed as the chair of a panel to help improve schools in Basildon.
Under the proposals,
exam board staff checking
marking would need special training for that specific job, and the boards themselves would have to set fixed dates for
reviews and reporting on them.
It follows a
review of the content of A-levels earlier this year chaired by Prof
Mark E Smith, vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, with input from the
exam boards.
a judicial
review claim against a university alleging erroneous
marking of an
exam, and loss of
exam scripts.