Edexcel Marking Fiasco

according to THE DAILY MAIL (PAGE 37), edexcel online markers who marked as/a level papers were given an indication of whether they were marking quick enough. Apparently after marking a script a traffic light appeared green was Good and red being below the standards. According to the paper who quote an anonymous marker, the system pressurised markers as if they consistently gained green lights they would be granted a bonus of £112.00 (on top of their £500.00 for 50 hrs of marking).

I was just wondering what implication u guys think this will have on the accuracy of marking.

according to THE DAILY MAIL (PAGE 37), edexcel online markers who marked as/a level papers were given an indication of whether they were marking quick enough. Apparently after marking a script a traffic light appeared green was Good and red being below the standards. According to the paper who quote an anonymous marker, the system pressurised markers as if they consistently gained green lights they would be granted a bonus of £112.00 (on top of their £500.00 for 50 hrs of marking).

I was just wondering what implication u guys think this will have on the accuracy of marking.

i'm worried as 3 out of 4 AS subjects I am doing are with edexcel.

Try not to worry, two points:
(1) The Daily Mail is a tabloid and is thus inevitably unreliable.
(2) They are just as likely to overmark your paper as undermark it and even in the event that papers were undermarked; the raw to ums process would compensate.

Try not to worry, two points:
(1) The Daily Mail is a tabloid and is thus inevitably unreliable.
(2) They are just as likely to overmark your paper as undermark it and even in the event that papers were undermarked; the raw to ums process would compensate.

I hope you're right. Damn Edexcel

its always edexcel in the newspaper and news isn't it?!!?! never ocr or aqa!

Lol I know, they seem to be the dodgy exam board! Typical that 3 of my 4 subjects had to be flippin' Edexcel!

You can never trust edexcel...i rather of done AQA, although this board is more for people who just read and remember than working on concepts. Last year a friend of mine got rejected from sheffield for medicine because the examiner put 400/600 as her grade..when remarked she got 582/600. She is now doing biomedical science.

Try not to worry, two points:
(1) The Daily Mail is a tabloid and is thus inevitably unreliable.
(2) They are just as likely to overmark your paper as undermark it and even in the event that papers were undermarked; the raw to ums process would compensate.