Review of Marking?

[nostaples]

Has anybody had any reviews of marking back either as a teacher or parent? Interested in AQA English in particular. Also, teachers what is your policy about reviews? School pays? Department pays? Student pays? Depends? TIA

[CraftyGin]

Student pays.

[MollyHuaCha]

What do you mean by reviews of marking? Do you mean have a GCSE or A level re-marked to see if the grade changes?

[nostaples]

Exam boards no longer offer re-marks. They're now called a review of marking. In theory marks only change where there is evidence that the examiner has misapplied the mark scheme. In practice, it's not worked quite like this.

[ShalomJackie]

We had DS's rs reviewed as one mark off an 8 (got a 7). We paid. Stayed the same. Edexcel.

Friend had AQA physics done. 4 marks off stayed the same.

They do a clerical check ie. Checking of addition and that correct marks are added in. Also a check that graded witbin rhe correct criteria boundaries so they are not fully remarked and far less likely to change this year.

We thought it was worth a punt as it was just 1 mark away but it was not to be.

[welshweasel]

We had maths done as one mark off a 4, stayed the same.

[errorofjudgement]

DD had her GCSE English Lit papers reviewd last year, went from a high 7 to a 9.

[ShalomJackie]

Wow - errorofjudgment - you are the first amendment I have heard of this year. what board was it?

[errorofjudgement]

Hi - it was last year 2017

[SoupDragon]

DS2 went up 3 marks to an A* last year in an iGCSE. The same applied insofar as it wasn’t a full re-mark.

Student (or rather parent!) pays.

[ShalomJackie]

Ok so that means I have heard of no adjustments at all this year. I know they were tightening it up and of course the 9-1 grade boundarkes are very close on some papers