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Exam and assessment marking research
Research papers by Ofqual, QCA and NAA into marking of exams and assessments.
Published 22 December 2000
Last updated 27 July 2017 — see all updates
Last updated 27 July 2017 — see all updates
- From:
- Ofqual
- Applies to:
- England, Northern Ireland, and Wales
Documents
The Effect of Sample Size on Increased Precision in Detecting Errant Marking (Al-Bayatti & Jones, 2005)
PDF, 76.5KB, 10 pages
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An evaluation of external marking review services during 2000 (Newton & Whetton, 2000)
PDF, 16.7MB, 238 pages
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Evaluation of Reviews of Marking and Moderation 2016: study and survey (Howard & Black, 2017)
Ref: Ofqual/17/6253 PDF, 3.31MB, 102 pages
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An exploratory investigation into how moderators of non-examined assessments make their judgements (Cuff, 2017)
Ref: Ofqual/17/6252 PDF, 647KB, 44 pages
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Final Report for Research on Marker Selection (Meadows & Billington, 2007)
PDF, 325KB, 60 pages
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An Investigation of Targeted Double Marking for GCSE and GCE (Fearnley, 2005)
PDF, 205KB, 28 pages
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Is teaching experience necessary for key stage 3 English markers? (Royal-Dawson, 2005)
PDF, 357KB, 68 pages
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Marking Reliability of the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum English Writing Tests in England (Ofqual, 2014)
Ref: Ofqual/14/5377 PDF, 616KB, 33 pages
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On your marks: A review of awarding bodies' capacity to mark GCSE, A level, principal learning and project examinations in summer 2009 (Ofqual, 2009)
Ref: Ofqual/09/4265 PDF, 40.8KB, 10 pages
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Research into alternative marking review processes for exams (Ofqual, 2015)
Ref: Ofqual/15/5804 PDF, 1.2MB, 58 pages
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Research into marking quality: Studies to inform future work on national curriculum assessments (QCA, 2009)
Ref: QCA/09/4042 PDF, 113KB, 20 pages
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A review of the literature on marking reliability (Meadows & Billington, 2005)
PDF, 442KB, 89 pages
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Reviews of marking and moderation resulting in grade changes of 2 grades or more Summer 2016 examination series (Ofqual, 2017)
Ref: Ofqual/17/6254 PDF, 594KB, 24 pages
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Reviews of marking and moderation: subject level analyses: Summer 2016 exam series (Ofqual, 2017)
Ref: Ofqual/17/6255 PDF, 1.02MB, 39 pages
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Details
Research into marking.
Published 22 December 2000
Last updated 27 July 2017 + show all updates
Last updated 27 July 2017 + show all updates
- Added 4 reports: 'Reviews of marking and moderation resulting in grade changes of 2 grades or more: Summer 2016 examination series', 'An exploratory investigation into how moderators of non-examined assessments make their judgements', 'Evaluation of Reviews of Marking and Moderation 2016: Study and survey' and 'Reviews of marking and moderation: subject level analyses: Summer 2016 exam series'.
- First published.