ELEMENT OF CHANCE IN EXAMINATIONS
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION DIFFERENT MARKINGS FOR THE SAME PAPERS (Received December 3, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, December 2. The element of chance in public examinations is revealed in a test organised by Sir Hartog, director of the International Institute Examinations Enquiry. Referring to the marking of school certificates papers, equivalent to the Australian leaving certificate, his report states that when 14 experienced examiners again marked independently 15 scripts, which had all received the same moderate mark from the examining authority, they allotted more than 40 different marks. When the same papers were again submitted after an interval of 12 to 19 months, the examiners changed their minds on the verdicts of pass, fail, or credit in 92 cases out of 210.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21647, 4 December 1935, Page 11
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