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Assessments: Standards

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools have requested a re-mark of a whole year group’s (a) key stage 2 and (b) key stage 3 examination papers in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement; (188982)

(2) how many (a) Key Stage 2 and (b) Key Stage 3 examination papers in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science were re-marked following a request from schools in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

The following Tables 1 and 2 show how many schools, since 2004, requested a group re-mark in the Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 English, mathematics and science tests, and how many scripts were re-marked following a request from schools.

Data for the period 2001 to 2003 is not available in the format requested.

The figures in the tables were provided by the National Assessment Agency (NAA), which is responsible for the administration of National Curriculum tests including the external marking and group reviews service to schools.

Table 1

Number of schools requesting reviews of whole year group

Number of scripts re-marked as a result of a school’s request

Key Stage 2

English

Maths

Science

English

Maths

Science

2007

82

0

0

3,784

0

0

2006

184

1

1

9,957

67

27

2005

89

0

0

4,561

0

0

2004

307

0

0

n/a

0

0

Table 2

Number of schools requesting reviews of whole year group

Number of scripts re-marked as a result of a school’s request

Key Stage 3

English

Maths

Science

English

Maths

Science

2007

116

0

3

25,549

0

825

2006

669

1

2

75,133

230

426

2005

117

0

4

20,544

0

870

2004

646

*n/a

*n/a

*n/a

*n/a

*n/a

1 Group reviews in mathematics and science were not conducted until 2005.