mmmz on marking accuracy, you’d think so wouldn’t you? But markers are paid an absolute pittance per paper so I would imagine have to work pretty quickly to make it even vaguely worthwhile financially. I know lots of teachers do it in order to further familiarise themselves with the marking process, but I’m sure some do it for the money.
I’m always shocked by how low the bar is for markers too. You really don’t need to have much experience. Presumably because otherwise they simply wouldn’t have enough people to do it.
The change to the remark process is very unfair in my opinion. If a tiny proportion of marks had changed under the old system I could understand it, but that wasn’t the case.
I don’t have a great deal of faith in the system to be honest.