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OCR Lose 40,000 Exam Papers

Slightly worried reading today's Telegraph that OCR have lost over 40,000 of this summers scripts as ParcelForce have somehow failed to get them from the schools to the examiners. In some cases the packets of 40 exam papers have just been left on doorsteps with the deliverymen forging the examiners signature.

Fantastic!

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Reply 1

~NC~

Oh deary me :s:

What happens if they have lost one of your papers?

oh my good lord!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5162104.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/09/nexam09.xml
:s:

Reply 4

Sephrenia

~NC~

Oh deary me :s:

What happens if they have lost one of your papers?

you get given estimated grades...

in 2003 how more than 1,000 pupils' exam papers from all three examination boards had been lost that summer. Those students had to be given estimated grades

from the telegraph website...

Reply 5

lovers in japan

Hmmm... I'm not sure whether to believe it or not... but still, slightly worried, I did 8 papers on OCR!

Reply 6

~Bex~

If your script is lost and you get an estimated grade, do you get told about it? Or are people with estimated grades unaware of it?

Reply 7

guccilittlepiggy

~Bex~

If your script is lost and you get an estimated grade, do you get told about it? Or are people with estimated grades unaware of it?

From the telegraph:

"He explained that the assessment took into account the student's predicted grades and previous work. Teenagers who end up receiving such "guessed" grades can tell by looking at the results sheet. Ordinarily, students will get both a numerical mark and an alphabetical grade, but for these pupils only the latter will appear."

Reply 8

gentoo

According to that second article it says your result will be just a grade with no numerical value ifthey have given the estimated grade.
(I feel sick - ALL my papers were with OCR)

Unaware i expect.

Incompetent ba****ds.

Reply 11

guccilittlepiggy

the whole exam board sytem will end in disastor. It just gets worst, some of the things i've been told by examiners are enough to put me off exams. I wouldn't be suprised if there was another major crisis this year..

Reply 12

iceman_jondoe

goddamit if you only get an estimated grade then at some point your going to have to redo the exam aint you ? or not? because its quite annoying! i really dont wanna sit through another boring computing exam :frown:

Reply 13

XxJaninexX

No, you dont get an esitamated grade, they basically give you your estimated grade if teachers can show work at that level. You wouldnt have to resit.

All of mine were OCR. I hope they have lost my English scripts....

Reply 14

~Bex~

I did maths and physics OCR. Hope my maths papers weren't lost. I like maths :redface:

Reply 15

*sazzy*

ohhh no, ALL my science papers are with OCR, and i reaaally dont want to be given a predicted grade....mainly because they're always screwed up! (my physics predicted was n E...i came out with an A, my bio was a B and came out with a D)

really hope it'll turn out better than it sounds... :frown:

Reply 16

Ghetto_Princess12

Thats just very Irresponsible of OCR

Reply 17

rahmed

Glamour Girl

Thats just very Irresponsible of OCR

I dont see how OCR is being blamed, it is clearly parcel force who have messed up on so many occasions. So in a way the title of this thread is slightly misleading....anyway.....

Reply 18

Cataclysm

Well OCR as an exam board should have monitored progress and ensured that Parcelforce make deliveries (accurately) but yes (Parcel force) is the primary party to blame not OCR.

Reply 19

cksjohns

The blame has to fall on OCR ultimately. It is their responsability to set and mark the papers and then give us results at the end. This process may not now happen as smoothly for some as it should due to errors made by Parcel Force. OCR should have put measures in place to stop this from happening, and it is their fault at the end of the day. It is OCRs job to deal with our examinations, not Parcel Force.