Wildfuture wrote:
Sally-Anne please elaborate on point 2 - you seem to speak like you're in the know. What is classed as 'unclear'? How do you know the optical reader spits the paper out and it is hand marked?
The OMR can be set for different levels of sensitivity. For example, it can be set to reject any paper with two answers marked for one question (where there are no questions that have that option), where an answer is unclear or crosses two boxes, etc.
It is worth pointing out that the papers for virtually every school are set by, and marked by, GL or CEM who have enormous experience in this field. We have never known a child's score change after a re-mark, so accurate are the readers.
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Also point 3, what info do you have on the fees? What area are you referring to that charges a fee for a remark?
In Bucks the charge is around £20.00. The option of a re-mark is generally not publicised by schools/LAs because they really don't want the hassle of it, especially given the accuracy of the OMRs.