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6.4.3. Differences between Preliminary Mark and Second Correction

Differences between Preliminary Mark and 2nd correction
25%
20,58%
20% 17,80%
15,22%
15% 12,92%

10% 8,75% 8,51%
7,34%
4,04%
5%
1,83% 1,52%
0,97%
0,01% 0,08% 0,31%
0%
-5 – -4,01 -4 – -3,01 -3 – -2,01 -2 – -1,51 -1,5 – -1,01 -1 – -0,51 -0,5 – -0,01 0 – 0,5 0,51 – 1 1,01 – 1,5 1,51 – 2 2,01 – 3 3,01 – 4 4,01 – 5

Second examiner gave a higher mark than the Preliminary mark is higher or equal than
Preliminary mark (30.91%) the second examiner’s mark (69.09%)

Outcome of: Preliminary mark – 2 correction: Examinations
nd
Between -5 and -4,01 points 1
Between -4 and -3,01 points 9
Between -3 and -2,01 points 106
Between -2 and -1,51 points 199
Between -1,50 and -1,01 points 439
Between -1 and -0,51 points 952
Between -0,50 and -0,01 points 1588
Exactly 0 points 67
Between 0,01 and 0,50 points 2238
Between 0,51 and 1 point 1936
Between 1,01 and 1,50 points 1405
Between 1,51 and 2 points 926
Between 2,01 and 3 points 798
Between 3,01 and 4 points 165
Between 4,01 and 5 points 34
Between 5,01 and 6 points 8
Between 6,01 and 7 points 3
Between 7,01 and 8 points 1
4
10875
It can be observed here as well that the variation of marks is large. For around 36% of the
cases, the variation is +/- 0.5 and for around 62% of the cases the variation is +/- 1.

Around 31% of the pupils receive higher marks from the second examiners in the written
examinations as compared to the preliminary mark.
In 0.62% of the cases, the pupils obtained the exact same mark at both Preliminary and

external examiners’ written examination marks.

4 We do not take into account Additional Examinations because not all these examinations had a preliminary
mark.
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