E-MARKING
Heather Wilson
Purpose/Aims
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Identify the benefits of E-marking
What we will be e-marking
What you can do to assist
Q&A
Benefits
• Ensures the continued credibility of National Qualifications
• Increases confidence in assessment decisions
• Shares knowledge more widely about national standards
• Builds long-term capacity
• Brings logistical efficiencies and environment benefits
• Ease of use by markers
E-marking
E-marking system can support the marking of –
Marking from Scanned Image (MFI)
• short (structured) responses
• long (unstructured) responses
• objective questions (auto-marking)
• specified coursework
Marking from Paper (MFP) – marks input
Setting and Monitoring the Standard
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Standard exemplified
Markers QA’d prior to starting live marking
Detailed Marker Feedback
Continuous checks
Full visibility of live marking
Supportive
 Inbuilt Messaging
 Responses marked accurately, to standard by end of marking process
What can you do to assist?
 Issue the correct answer booklets
 Emphasise to Invigilators need to package in accordance with
instructions
 Emphasise to candidate use of blue/black ink and need for legible
SCN
Example of a completed
front page
For further support contact
the CFE Liaison Team
www.sqa.org.uk/cfeteam
Questions and Answers