§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many requests for re-marks in England and Wales of(a) A-level, (b) A-S level and (c) GCSE papers in 2001 were refused because of the loss of the relevant exam scripts; and what the corresponding (i) A-level and (ii) GCSE figures were for the previous four years. [33103]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisAwarding bodies do not refuse requests for re-marks where scripts are lost. If a script cannot be found after an exhaustive search, the awarding body will make a special award based on careful consideration of the other assessment evidence of the candidate's performance. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority does not as part of its monitoring exercise collect figures on the incidence of such cases.
§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many re-marked(a) A-level, (b) A-S level and (c) GCSE papers there were in England and Wales during 2001 by subject; if he will list each figure as a percentage of the overall number of relevant subject papers; and if he will list the corresponding (i) A-level and (ii) GCSE figures for the previous four years. [33104]
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§ Mr. Ivan LewisFigures are not normally collated by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority at subject level as quality assurance focuses on qualification type and awarding body performance.
§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average length of time taken by exam boards limits in England and Wales during 2001 was to re-mark(a) an A-level script, (b) an A-S level script and (c) a GCSE script; and what the corresponding (i)A-level and (ii) GCSE figures were for the previous four years. [33102]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has been collecting data since 1999 on the percentage of re-marks completed by the awarding bodies within the agreed target periods. Reports for 1999 and 2000 are available on the QCA website. The report for 2001 will be published on 25 March 2002.
QCA does not collect information on exactly how many days any particular re-mark took. In the table, the percentage of remarks completed within the target time is given for 1999 and 2000 by all awarding bodies offering GCSEs in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland:
Percentage A/AS-level GCSE 1999 82 68 2000 95 93
§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in England and Wales were subject to the remarking of(a) A-level, (b) AS-level and (c) GCSE papers in 2001; what the total of these figures is as a percentage of the total number of pupils; and what the corresponding (i) A-level and (ii) GCSE figures were for the previous four years. [33105]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisData are only collected with respect to candidates. The data for 2001 are currently being collated by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and will be included in the authority's annual report to be published on 25 March. Figures have been collated only since 1999; the figures for 1999 and 2000 are set out as follows.
2000 1999 A-level Number of candidates subject to remarks 29,640 25,983 Percentage of candidates subject to remarks 3.8 3.3 AS-level Number of candidates subject to remarks 1,149 1,005 Percentage of candidates subject to remarks 1.5 1 GCSE Number of candidates subject to remarks 57,772 26,371 Percentage of candidates subject to remarks 1 0.5
§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many re-marked(a) A-level, (b) AS-level and (c) GCSE papers in England and Wales during 2001 resulted in upgrades; what percentage these figures were of the total number of papers; and what the corresponding (i) A-level and (ii) GCSE figures were for the previous four years. [33108]
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§ Mr. Ivan LewisData for 2001 are currently being collated by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and will be included in the Authority's annual report to be published on 25 March 2002. Figures have been collated only since 1999; the figures for 1999 and 2000 are set out as follows.
2000 1999 A-level Number of remarks resulting in an upward grade change 4,644 3.476 Percentage of total number of papers 0.6 0.4 GCSE Number of remarks resulting in an upward grade change 6,601 2,960 Percentage of total number of papers 0.1 0.06
§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in England and Wales asked for(a) A-level, (b) AS-level and (c) GCSE papers to be re-marked in 2001; and what the corresponding (i) A-level and (ii) GCSE figures were for the previous four years. [33109]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe monitoring of progress and outcomes of a remark is at candidate level rather than school or college level. It is not possible within the current systems to collate information about individual candidates across awarding bodies to produce cumulative data for schools.
§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many of the re-marked(a) A-level, (b) AS-level and (c) GCSE papers in England and Wales during 2001 were upgraded by two or more grades; what the total of these figures is as a percentage of the total number of re-marked papers; and what the corresponding (i) A-level and (ii) GCSE figures were for the previous four years. [33107]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisInformation on remarks resulting in upgrades by two grades or more is not available. The data collated by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority focus on the number of grade changes made by the awarding bodies rather than the degree of change.