Cambridge examiners assessment procedure: marks collection
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:26 am
Hi, I was wondering if there were other Cambridge Speaking Examiners on here (we used to be called Oral Examiners but they just changed the name) who are currently going through the online assessment procedure. Do any on yyou think that the marking criteria (you can be a point out on each individual category) leads you to give deliberately "safe" marks? For examploe, even with the best candidate, who in a real exam I might award a 5 to, I am only giving a 4, just in case...It used to be the case that over the whole range of the 4 or marking areas (pronunciation, discourse management, etc.) you could be a total of 3.5 points out (if memory serves) which maybe was a better system, though I'm not sure if this is the case.
(Not sure if this post is in the right section; I apologise if it isn't.)
(Not sure if this post is in the right section; I apologise if it isn't.)