7/11/2008 7:35:00 AM
BBC 10 July
The pass rate in England's national Sats tests could fall by up to 2% this year after a change to the marking system, it has emerged. A practice known as "borderlining", where papers were re-marked if they fell just below the expected level, has been dropped this year. The exams regulators had recommended the change, saying there were other ways of assuring quality of marking. The Conservatives say the system was exaggerating England's test results. Exam papers which were marked as being just over the pass level were not re-marked. A study by the National Assessment Agency (NAA) - which now regulates the tests, taken by 11 and 14-year-olds - concluded that the change could lead to a drop in the numbers meeting the levels expected by the government. BBC
Curriculum / Quality Assurance
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