Examination marking
Sir, — Your editorial refers to the error in School Certificate scaling. In my view it is not an error. It is a deliberate scaling strategy that has lowered the grades for all students examined in several subjects, especially Maori language, since 1968. The Department of Education has applied it with full knowledge of its consequences, to ensure that similar marks awarded in different subjects indicate similar levels of so-called ability. Some Maoris’ marks in English tend to be poor. Because the average marks of all students who sat Maori have been scaled to the average of their Englishmarks, poor marks in Englishautomatically become poor marks in Maori. Poor marks at school mean poor employment prospects. The department is trying to put its house in order before marked papers are released under the Freedom of Information Act. — Yours, etc., GRAEME SCOTT. June 13, 1984.
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