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Assessment Handbook 20112012-1213: 5. Marks and MarkingMarking trails5.28 Examination boards must ensure that there is a clear marking trail of comments andnotes that can be followed by readers (notably external examiners). The first andsecond marker/moderator must use either ink or paper of differing colours to ensurethat this is the case. Where assessments are marked using an electronic application(including the Online Learning Environment), differing font colours or an alternativemeans of making the markers’ input clearly identifiable must be employed.5.29 Markers must give both the total marks for the assessment as well as the breakdownof marks by section on the cover sheet (or equivalent alternative).). Please note: QMUL is undertaking a review of double marking; the outcomes willtake effect from the start of the 2012/13 academic year.5.30 Double marking is a process by which two examiners separately mark a singleelement of assessment. QMUL operates three four modes of double marking: blind,open, and mark-checking, and electronic.5.65.6- end of Code of Practice on Double Marking and Moderation -5.6For all programmes save the MBBS, at least 50 percent of the assessment for eachmodule must be double marked in accordance with the Code of Practice on DoubleMarking (Appendix C). This shall normally include all examination scripts, as thesegenerally count for a large proportion of module assessment; substantial elements ofin-course assessment shall also be double marked.5.75.31 When double marking, aAt least one member of a double marking pairingmust be a member of QMUL’s academic staff, though the first marker may be anassistant examiner.5.8The 50 percent of assessment to be double marked shall be calculated from the numberof assessments, not the number of students. Where there is a single element ofassessment for a module, all submissions shall be double marked. It must never bethe case that some submissions of a particular element of assessment are doublemarked while other students’ submissions are not; this would be entirely inequitable.5.9Where assessed work has been double marked, this must be absolutely clear. Bothmarkers shall indicate that they have marked the assessment with a sign; this maybe initials, or a simple mark such as a tick.5.10It is also important that comments and marks from the two markers can be distinguishedfrom each other. This is a particular issue in open double marking, where bothmarkers use the same copy of the submission. The two markers shall therefore usedifferent colours of ink (or font, or equivalent).5.115.32 Different arrangements are in place for the MBBS programme, and only shortanswer question scripts from resit examinations are double marked.5.125.33 Double marking is an important mechanism through which QMUL managesand demonstrates its academic standards. Each SEB must ensure that there issufficient evidence of double marking for both external examiners and auditingpurposes.In-course assessment5.135.34 Where modules are assessed wholly by in-course assessment, the elementsselected for double marking must be the same for all students, insofar as this is23
Assessment Handbook 20112012-1213: 5. Marks and Markingpracticable. Where assessment is based upon a number of in-course submissions(for example, the best three of four essays), the elements for double marking must bedrawn from those that will contribute to the module mark.Reporting5.145.35 SEBs shall summarise the procedures used to monitor the standard ofmarking in reports to DEBs, and shall outline the SEBs’ conclusions on the standardof marking for the session.Students who answer too many examination questions5.36 Where a student answers more questions than required by an examination rubric, themarker(s) shall mark the first x question marks in the calculation of the total mark forthe script (where x is the number of questions specified in the rubric). Answers givenbeyond the first x shall not be marked.Students who exceed a specified word limit5.37 Where a School/Institute wishes to impose a penalty for exceeding specified wordlimits in assignments, it shall approve a penalty policy (via its Learning and TeachingCommittee), and publicise this clearly to students alongside the specified word limit ineach module information pack. Where the penalty is not clearly advertised inadvance, SEBs shall be unable to apply the penalty. Where guidance word countsare used and there is no desire to impose penalties, there is no need to do so.5.38 It is strongly recommended that a single policy per School/Institute be adopted, butwhere a School/Institute has multiple SEBs it may impose a different penalty for eachSEB. There shall not, however, be different penalties for different modules under thesame SEB (though there may be some assignments that only have guidance wordcounts, with no penalty at all).5.39 Where the policy is that the marker(s) will not mark beyond the word limit, the point atwhich marking ceased shall be marked on the assignment.Marking assessments for students with dyslexia5.40 Students with dyslexia may be granted additional time in invigilated examinations.The time allotted shall be based upon the report of an independent educationalpsychologist. Scripts of students with dyslexia shall be identified to markers.5.41 Examination scripts for students with dyslexia shall be marked in precisely the samemanner as those of other students, save that marks shall not be deducted for poorsentence structure, punctuation, or spelling (unless these are elements beingassessed by the examination).5.42 SEBs shall detail how the scripts of students with dyslexia have been marked in thereport to the DEB.Late diagnosis of dyslexia5.43 Where a student is diagnosed with dyslexia (or a related condition) after thecommencement of their studies, the following arrangements shall apply. Any marksthat have already been approved by an examination board (including all work fromprevious years of study) shall stand. Any work from the present academic year thathas not yet been through a board shall be re-marked – as specified above – with thecondition in mind.24
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