§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the uniform marking of O-level examination papers is ensured; and, in particular, whether model answers are available for the markers.
§ Mr. CroslandIndividual examiners are given detailed instructions and marking schemes, and their marking is carefully supervised. If there is a doubt about the soundness of the marking of any script it is re-marked, and scripts on the borderline between pass and fail are specially examined.
Model answers are generally regarded as undesirable but the instructions and marking schemes are usually very detailed.