Some options and ideas to be included in any consideration of marking

Computer Based marking

• Set rules when you design questions
• Answers pre set, and there is a rubric
• Controlled by software package
• Immediate feedback, at end of test or post test
• Corrective scoring
• Acts against guessing
• Applies a negative score to incorrect answers
• or a guess correction formula is applied
• Very contentious issues
• Is guessing a skill?
• Should you warn candidates?

Computer assisted marking

• Tend to be a mix of questions
• Software analyses the responses ad gives the marker feedback
• Multiple markers
• Other issues the same as for ‘traditional CBT items’

Human marking

• Marking can also be done on screen or
• You could use a printout of responses
• DOes one marker mark the Whole paper
• or just Parts of paper
• Multiple marking is also possible as the marks and the candidates response s are stored separately on the systems.
• Re-marking (sample or full)
• How do you collect the marks?
• Can you use system to test rules and rubrics
• All the issues of who does the marking, standardising etc.

Reporting and review

• When do you feedback
• How do you review the marking
• Where do you store the results
• What are the options from the software for analysing the responses