Tag: marking

News
School where staff mark ‘how they like’ gets government approval
A school which gave teachers a “carte blanche” to mark pupils’ work “however they like” has been picked out by the government as an example of good practice....
Jess Staufenberg
 | 5:00, Dec 17, 2017
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News
GCSE grade changes increase by 52% – mostly due to GCSE English
The number of GCSE grades changed at a marking review this year has increased by 52 per cent, with over 25,000 more changes than in 2016. This year,...
Alix Robertson
 | 11:32, Dec 14, 2017
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News
Half of English Literature exam papers not given ‘correct’ grade, Ofqual finds
Nearly half of pupils in English Literature are not awarded the “correct” grade on a particular exam paper because of marking inconsistencies and the design of the tests,...
Schools Week Reporter
 | 15:30, Nov 14, 2016
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Experts
Multiple-choice exams plus portfolios – proposal for a new assessment system
Marking can never be 100 per cent reliable. So perhaps it is time, says one-time examiner Debra Kidd, to remove open-ended tasks from the exam system altogether I was...
Debra Kidd
 | 5:00, Jun 25, 2016
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Experts
How do examiners decide grades?
The exams are finished and GCSE and A-level students are heading off for summer. But there are 12 weeks – and a lot of work – from “pens...
Alex Scharaschkin
 | 7:30, Jul 12, 2015
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Experts
Would you trust a human to mark your work?
You might say no to a driverless car or a pilotless plane, but it is time to trust computers to do your marking Question: A boy climbs slowly...
Chris Weadon
 | 7:30, May 9, 2015
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Experts
‘If I were education secretary…’
I would ask to stay in my job for the rest of the government’s term and in that time seek to make myself largely redundant. I would start...
Debra Kidd
 | 7:30, Apr 19, 2015
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