Double Marking Revisited

Author: Brooks V.¹

Source: British Journal of Educational Studies, Volume 52, Number 1, March 2004 , pp. 29-46(18)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

In 2002, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) published the report of an independent panel of experts into maintaining standards at Advanced Level (A-Level). One of its recommendations was for: ‘limited experimental double marking of scripts in subjects such as English to determine whether the strategy would signi-ficantly reduce errors of measurement’ (p. 24). This recommendation provided the impetus for this paper which reviews the all but forgotten literature on double marking and considers its relevance now.

Keywords: double marking; A-Level, essays; inter-rater reliability

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2004.00253.x

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Education, University of Warwick

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