PROFICIENCY TEST
NO REVISION OF MARKS DIRECTOR'S EMPHATIC DENIAL [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 22.That there had been double marking,* the inspectors revising their marks when it was found a lower number of pupils than usual had passed, was emphatically denied by the Director of Education, Mr Strong, to-day, in connection with the proficiency examinations. Explaining how the allegation might have arisen, he said there were always a number of doubtful cases where candidates did not acquit themselves as ■ well as they mignt at the inspectors' examination, and _it was then necessary for the examiners to make careful investigation into the teacher’s estimate of the quality or work the candidate had done throughout the year. It was not.'uncommon, therefore,- for supplementary 'proficiency results to bo published. Presumably, it was the issue of these that had caused some people to . infer that there had been what was called double marking.
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Evening Star, Issue 20982, 22 December 1931, Page 8
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150PROFICIENCY TEST Evening Star, Issue 20982, 22 December 1931, Page 8
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