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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2021
4.4. Correction of the European Baccalaureate Examinations: the On-line
Correction System

The Viatique platform was for the fifth time (including the partial use for the September session
of EB 2020) the chosen platform in order to correct on-line the scripts of the European
Baccalaureate 2021 session.

Following the annotations made by the different
stakeholders of the system (inspectors, teachers,
external examiners, schools and European
Baccalaureate unit) during the previous sessions,
the platform suits better every year to the
European Baccalaureate regulations and helps
to optimize and simplify some tasks, as for
instance among others:
- correction of the scripts
- follow up of the corrections for inspectors
- management of third corrections
- viewing of the scripts in the schools
- details of the viewing of the scripts on the screen
- administration panel

The implementation of the on-line correction system during the European Baccalaureate
session 2021 was this year once again, very successful thanks to everybody’s efforts and co-
operation.

This system shows great potential for the continuous improvement of the quality of assessment
of the written European Baccalaureate examinations and for enhancing the efficiency of all the
phases in the correction process.

These are some key features supported by the on-line platform:
Scanning of the examination scripts

The scanning of the scripts was made in each examination center. The scripts were compacted
and uploaded automatically to a secure server with an encrypted connection.

The scanning of the examination scripts allowed scripts to be available earlier for second
correctors, with the advantage of extending the correction period for second correction.
This year the paper examination scripts stayed in the schools. Therefore, there was no need
to send the papers to the corrections centers.

The scanning of the 2021 European Baccalaureate scripts went extremely well and fast.
Almost all scripts were scanned right after the examination according to the schedule foreseen,
and there was no delay in their distribution to the correctors.

The readability of the scripts on the screen was very good. The scanning of special formats for
pupils with special arrangements was also successful.

As previous years, a survey was conducted and almost all the teachers and external correctors
think that the readability of the scripts on the screen is good or very good.

Anonymity
Anonymity of the scripts resulted in
the unbiased assessment of
candidates. This was automated
during the scanning process.

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