I agree with Peter Wilson's comments.
John Hitches
> My interpretation (and I hope others) is Schedule 7, paragraph 8,
> sub-paragraph (1) is an EXEMPTION clause for marks, marking
> schemes, re-marking etc. Basically, anything to do with marking
> (except opinions as Ian says). Results (the outcome from marking)
> have the five month extension as Jane mentions or the forty days
> can start from when the results are known 8 (2)(b) in which case
> you release the result.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Peter Wilson
> Data Protection Officer
> University of Paisley
>
> >>> melody mellor <[log in to unmask]> 03/23/01 11:22am >>>
> Dear Fellow Sufferers,
>
> A member of academic staff queried with me recently whether the
> new Act means that we must now disclose - as personal data - 'raw'
> exam and assessment scores to students (i.e. marks - and opinions
> expressed in relation to them - that have not been confirmed by
> Exam Boards).
>
> I checked this with the DPCO who confirmed that raw scores are
> disclosable under Schedule 7, paragraph 8, sub-paragraph (1),
> which states that:
>
> '...personal data consisting of marks or other information
> processed... for the purpose of determining the results of an
> academic, professional or other examination or of enabling the
> results of such examination to be determined...'
>
> If this is so, it will mean a very significant shift in current
> practice - hitherto, many folk at Leeds have considered pre-Exam
> Board scores as opinion which becomes 'fact' only after any
> necessary discussion (where there is disagreement between an
> internal and an external examiner, for example) and formal
> confirmation by the Board.
>
> I am trying to find out whether this requirement is additional to
> the 1984 Act - and why - before going any further.
>
> While I rummage through 3 boxes of documents, any views on this
> requirement and on what is happening elsewhere?
>
> Melody Mellor
> Assistant Secretary
> Secretariat
> University of Leeds.
>
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