Introduction to marking
Before beginning the standardisation process, you must:
• access the online tutorial
• access all relevant documents on
... [Show More] your Examiner Extranet page
• mark a minimum of 10 training clips of each item.
When standardising online, you must review the marking of the standardisation clips and all
comments and annotations made by the Lead Examiner, which exemplify the marking standard. You
must discuss the results of your marking of the standardisation clips with your Team Leader before
you will be cleared to mark live clips.
1. General
The mark scheme for each question shows:
• the marks available for each part of the question
• the total marks available for the question
• the typical answer or answers which are expected
• extra information to help the examiner make his or her judgement and help to delineate what is
acceptable or not worthy of credit or, in discursive answers, to give an overview of the area in
which a mark or marks may be awarded.
The extra information in the ‘Comments’ column is aligned to the appropriate answer in the left-hand
part of the mark scheme and should only be applied to that item in the mark scheme.
You should mark according to the contents of the mark scheme. If you are in any doubt about
applying the mark scheme to a particular response, consult your Team Leader.
At the beginning of a part of a question a reminder may be given, for example: where consequential
marking needs to be considered in a calculation; or the answer may be on the diagram or at a
different place on the script.
In general the right-hand side of the mark scheme is there to provide those extra details which
confuse the main part of the mark scheme yet may be helpful in ensuring that marking is
straightforward and consistent.
The use of M1, M2, M3 etc refers to the marking points in the order in which they appear in the mark
scheme. So, M1 refers to the first marking point, M2 the second marking point etc.
2. Emboldening
2.1 In a list of acceptable answers where more than one mark is available ‘any two from’ is used,
with the number of marks emboldened. Each of the following bullet points is a potential mark.
2.2 A bold and is used to indicate that both parts of the answer are required to award the mark.
2.3 Alternative answers acceptable for a mark are indicated by the use of OR. Different terms in
the mark scheme are shown by a / ; eg allow smooth / free movement. [Show Less]