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A level re-marks

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Nettleskeins · 17/08/2018 21:58

Teacher has looked at paper and says ds could probably get some more marks as it is quite harshly marked but there is no point as he won't go up a grade (too many marks at stake)

Nothing has been missed out by the examiner, and it is added up correctly, it is just he only got a very few marks for a 30 mark essay question.

I feel that it is ridiculously severe (Music Edexcel Appraising) and I feel like getting it remarked just for ds's benefit/honour.

10 UMS marks off the lower grade boundary, and he has very few points to lose, as they hardly gave him any in the first place!!

Ds has a confirmed place at his first choice uni. The grade he gets is now unimportant, except to him.

Should he go for remark? Are Edexcel variable in their marking or quite reliable? feel sad that out of 100 marks ds only received 31. He worked quite hard for that paper, and was regularily getting far more marks in practice papers. New spec. The other papers were fine.

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Fifthtimelucky · 18/08/2018 16:42

I think if the teacher's view is 'could probably get some more marks as it is quite harshly marked' it's probably not worth it.

We were told something similar last year (school still does AS). We paid for 2 re-marks, as daughter was very close to next grade boundaries, and there was no change.

I think unless the teacher is confident that the paper, and that essay in particular, hasn't been marked in accordance with the mark scheme, a re-mark is unlikely to make much difference.

StickyStuffRemover · 18/08/2018 16:59

How have people been able to see the exam papers so soon? Does the school have them? My child did worse than expected & we’ve applied to see his marked exam papers to see whether it’s worth getting them remarked, but have been told we might not get them until early September. (He’s got the uni place he wanted so that’s ok, but missed out on a scholarship that was grade dependent.)

noblegiraffe · 18/08/2018 17:06

Teachers can access any student Edexcel papers online from results day without needing to apply for a copy. Edexcel started doing this last year I think in order to cut down the number of speculative remarks as I think numbers were rocketing as faith in marking dropped and pressure to get results increased.

StickyStuffRemover · 18/08/2018 17:20

Ah, ok thanks.
His exam boards were AQA & OCR so I guess we just have to wait.

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