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All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark
the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded
for what they have shown they can do rather thanpenalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to
their perception of where the grade boundariesmay lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme
should be used appropriately.
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 may be
limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme
to a candidate’s response, the team leader mustbe consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
, Using the Mark Scheme
Examiners should look for qualities to reward rather than faults to penalise. This does NOT mean giving
credit for incorrect or inadequate answers, but it does mean allowingcandidates to be rewarded for answers
showing correct application of principles and knowledge. Examiners should therefore read carefully and
consider every response: even if it is not what is expected it may be worthy of credit.
The mark scheme gives examiners:
an idea of the types of response expected
how individual marks are to be awarded
the total mark for each question
examples of responses that should NOT receive credit.
/ means that the responses are alternatives and either answer should receive fullcredit.
( ) means that a phrase/word is not essential for the award of the mark, but helps theexaminer to get the sense of the
expected answer.
Phrases/words in bold indicate that the meaning of the phrase or the actual word is
essential to the answer.
ecf/TE/cq (error carried forward) means that a wrong answer given in an earlier part ofa question is used
correctly in answer to a later part of the same question.
Candidates must make their meaning clear to the examiner to gain the mark. Make sure that the answer makes
sense. Do not give credit for correct words/phrases whichare put together in a meaningless manner. Answers
must be in the correct context.
Quality of Written Communication
Questions which involve the writing of continuous prose will expect candidates to:
write legibly, with accurate use of spelling, grammar and punctuation in order tomake the meaning
clear
select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to purpose and to complexsubject matter
organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary whenappropriate.
Full marks will be awarded if the candidate has demonstrated the above abilities. Questions where QWC is
likely to be particularly important are indicated (QWC) in themark scheme, but this does not preclude others.
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