At one level the '98 dpa might be taken to apply to any mark, at any
level of finalisation, indiscriminately. However (if common sense has
any purchase here) I would argue that disclosure should not apply to
raw, first-pass marks that have not been agreed/moderated/finalised by
an exam board (eg. the initial 'blind' marks of each examiner where a
piece of work is double-marked and an agreed mark then produced). I
would argue that these raw marks should be exempt on the grounds: (a)
that they represent 'work in progress'; (b) that they do not relate in any
direct algorithmic way to the final agreed mark (cf. definition of
'processing'); (c) at this stage there may well be doubt as to them being
part of a 'filing system' under the definition of the act.
Owen
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:32:00 -0000 Michael Jacoby wrote:
> From: Michael Jacoby <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:32:00 -0000
> Subject: DISCLOSURE OF EXAMINATION MARKS
> To: "[log in to unmask]"
<[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Can anyone help with a question relating to the disclosure of exam
marks
> under s7 of the DPA98?
>
> Does it apply to all categories of exam marks (howsoever termed at
different
> Universities), eg marks for individual questions, provisional marks, raw
> marks, unmoderated marks, unit marks, moderated marks, or is it
only those
> marks which contribute directly to the results which will be
announced??
>
> Thanks -
>
> Michael
> ___________________________
> Michael Jacoby
> Data Protection Project Manager
> University of Northumbria at Newcastle
>
>
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Owen Richards
Academic Registrar
Sussex University
Tel: 01273 877019
Email: [log in to unmask]
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