Are some students unfairly losing out on marks in the State exams? Earlier this week, The Irish Times reported details of an internal State Examinations Commission (SEC) research paper which concluded the marking process is rushed, unfair and risks compromising the accuracy of students’ grades. These concerns stem from the way marks for individual questions are altered to ensure up to 100,000 students achieve grades broadly consistent from year to year. ‘Inherently unfair’One experienced examiner, who declined to be named, accepted the process was “inherently unfair” because of the targeted way marks for selected scripts are revised. “It happens late into the marking process.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2020 00:56 UTC