All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded
for what they have shown they can do rather than be penalised for
omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme – not according to
their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should
always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s
response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
by which marks will be awarded and exemplification/indicative content will not
be exhaustive.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme
to a candidate’s response, a senior examiner must be consulted before a
mark is given.
Crossed-out work should be marked unless the candidate has replaced it with
an alternative response.
Specific Marking Guidance
The marking grids have been designed to assess student work holistically. The grids identify
which Assessment Objective is being targeted by each bullet point within the level
descriptors. One bullet point is linked to one Assessment Objective; however, please note
that the number of bullet points in the level descriptor does not directly correlate to the
number of marks in the level descriptor.
When deciding how to reward an answer, examiners should consult both the indicative
content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a levels- based mark scheme, the
‘best fit’ approach should be used:
examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the
answer and place it in that level
the mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the quality of the
answer and will be modified according to how securely all bullet points are
displayed at that level
in cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates will be
placed in the level that best describes their answer according to each of the
Assessment Objectives described in the level. Marks will be awarded towards the
top or bottom of that level
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