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6.5.3. Marks disagreement

A written examination script is deemed successful for the pupil if it was granted at least the
minimum mark of 6 out of 10 (pass mark).

Marks disagreement designates the very specific case occurring when, for a same script, one
examiner considers the script as being in line with the correction criteria pass mark, whereas
the other examiner judges it as insufficient and not in compliance with the pass mark criteria.

When comparing the written examination marks given by the teachers / first correctors, and
external examiners / second correctors, for the 10889 scripts of the EB session 2019, the
following can be observed:

Number of scripts Third corrections
involved
number % number %
of scripts of scripts

Teacher gave 6 or more 9489 87.14% 118 1.24%
External Examiner gave 6
or more 9130 83.85% 59 0.65%

Teacher gave 5,99 or less 1401 12.87% 18 1.28%
External Examiner gave 1759 16.15% 77 4.38%
5,99 or less
Average Average Average
W1 W2 W3
Teacher passed the
script, external examiner 632 5.80% 67 10.60% 6.64 5.33 5.93
failed the script
Teacher failed the script,
external examiner 274 2.52% 8 2.92% 5.46 6.48 6.28
passed the script

For 906 scripts, i.e. 8.32% of the total scripts, a mark disagreement was observed during last
session.

In 75 cases the difference between the two marks was higher than 2 marks, meaning that
8.28% of the 906 disputed scripts were thus submitted to a third correction.

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