Under QCA code of practice they must have a reviser who checks papers for
these kinds of mistakes before they go to centres. If they have not done
this they are in breach of statutory requirements. I have not directly asked
the exam board if they have a reviser. If not, it is a QCA issue. I wrote a
4 page letter to exam board outlining all my concerns re 4377 and in
particular 4374 asking for specific replies. I have copied all my letters to
Mike Walker, Quality Assurance, QCA, somewhere in London W1. We must pursue
the issues raised until centres are given fair answers. I have fielded 2
letters on 1'phone call of parents 'complaining.' They have asked for the
exam board details to complain themselves.
The most bizarre aspect is that my students were so enthusiastic about the
module they knew loads of background info on boats and sails - even read
Mintel report from british library of their own accord - and were 100%
versed in marketing. for what? An exam with 50% of marks outside the
pre-issued context. Do you know the name of the Principal Examiner and how
concerns can be directed to him? Why should we get all this hassle because
of one incompetence on the exam board's behalf?
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Sent: 17 March 2000 19:19
Subject: Re: OCR Marketing & Accounts
> Hi,
> I agree with everything that has been said about the marketing paper,
> but the accounts paper was even worse, it was full of serious errors
> and ambiguous questions. It was the worse exam paper I have ever
> seen, it was a disgrace. Large numbers of my students did both the
> Marketing and the accounts paper in the same afternoon, to say they
> are upset is to put it very mildly. David Dyer wrote the accounts
> paper and was responsible overall for the marketing case study. He
> must go, otherwise OCR will not have any centres left. Where was the
> checking of papers? Where were the systems and procedures? The whole
> situation would be considered farcical if it appeared in one of their
> own case studies. Nobody would believe that an organisation could
> make such mistakes if it appeared in a case study.
> Yours
> Graeme Galloway
> Head of Business Studies
> Hampton School
>
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