We wanted to provide some clarification to support delivery staff and exams officers on the marking and moderation of assessments in light of the recent measures announced on grading.
When it comes to internal assessments, we’ll be quality reviewing against our package of adaptations to ensure standards meet the revised guidance. For external assessments, when our examiners mark your learners’ assessments, they’ll be marking in accordance with the relevant mark scheme, and our examiners are always encouraged to mark positively.
All examiners across all qualifications are subject to standardisation and we conduct examiner sampling processes to ensure accuracy of marking. However, it’s worth noting that we’ll be determining through evidence during awarding, whether learning loss has impacted on learners’ ability to achieve the pre-pandemic standard and adjusting grade boundaries accordingly, where needed. This is a separate process that takes place after marking and is a transitional measure on the journey back to the pre-pandemic standard during 2022 and 2023.