I think before we draft something we would need to clarify exactly what
issues we would like to raise.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham, Sally [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 March 2003 10:58
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Summer results day & The Way Forward?
>
> What a good idea - can you draft something ?!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Connell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 07 March 2003 10:55
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Summer results day & The Way Forward?
>
>
> Maybe a document to the Joint Council signed by all of us.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin, Zoe [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 07 March 2003 10:53
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Re: Summer results day & The Way Forward?
> >
> > I went to the ACRA conference either last year or the year before (they
> > all
> > seem to merge into one after a while).  The argument presented by the
> > Awarding Bodies was that they work to very strict deadlines themselves
> > with
> > marking/checking etc and they issue the result slips at the earliest
> > opportunity - they felt that they could not issue result slips to arrive
> a
> > day earlier.
> >
> > Please note - I do not agree with their argument - am merely the
> > messenger!!!
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to move any of these issues forward
> with
> > the Exam Boards.  Issues that are being raised do not seem to be
> > unreasonable...my thought is whether it is worth bombarding our regional
> > officers asking for their advice?  Or should we try and prepare a
> document
> > for the Joint Council?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joanne Hicks [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 07 March 2003 10:37
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Summer results day
> >
> >
> > Jean
> > I agree totally, is this something we can push forward via ACRA? Does
> > anyone
> > know why the exam board object to us having the results slips the day
> > before, after all we have the results in edi format so what difference
> > does
> > it make?
> > We print off our own results slips on the Wednesday which are stuffed
> into
> > envelopes awaiting the "official" results slips the following day. Its a
> > massive operation here with around 30 staff coming in for 7.00am to
> start
> > sorting and stuffing, made all the more difficult as candidate number
> > order
> > doesn't mean alphabetical order anymore! We are expecting around 3000
> > results for 1500 students, we aim to be ready for 11.00.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JEAN PASSMORE [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 07 March 2003 10:25
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Summer results day
> >
> >
> > We collect from post office about 6.00am with rest of exams staff coming
> > into work about 6.30am.  We hand out 'stuffed' envelopes to students
> from
> > 9.30.  This is very stressful as we also have to confirm the statistics
> > produced from the EDI files received the day before ready for an
> official
> > announcement regarding %age pass rates to be given to the press first
> > thing.
> > We need to pressure the exam boards to release result slips to us on the
> > Wedensday so we can prepare envelopes ready to be issued first thing
> > Thursday - does anyone agree?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John McCabe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 07 March 2003 09:25
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Summer results day
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: The FE Exams Network mailing list
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Barbara Connell
> > > Sent: 07 March 2003 8:57 am
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Summer results day
> > >
> > >
> > > I would be interested in finding out what is the earliest you
> > > release the
> > > results to your students.  I collect ours from the Post
> > > Office at 7.00 am
> > > except Edexcel (like to be different) arrives by special
> > > post, we like to
> > > envelope them, so do not let the student pick them up until
> > > approx 11.00 am,
> > > I am being pressurised this year to have them available earlier.
> > >
> > > I would welcome details of any systems you may have in place
> > > that makes this
> > > day less stressful.
> > >
> >
> > We wait for the post at about 9.00 am and then envelope them and
> > distribute
> > the A2 and AS results at about 11.00 a.m. We delay module results until
> > the
> > afternoon. We have looked at printing out slips from the EDI download
> but
> > rejected that because of the usual problems with the quality of results.
> > If
> > they want fast results, that would be the way to go on the understanding
> > that the quality of the results will suffer. We regularly expect about 8
> > to
> > 10 problems out of about 320 A2 students. This year, we found that one
> of
> > the boards had messed up the coursework marks so that a large number of
> > results were wrong on the slips.
> >
> > Another system adopted in some colleges is to post the broadsheets so
> > everybody can see what they (and everybody else) got. There are obvious
> > pro's and con's.
> >
> > John McCabe
> > CIS Manager
> > East Norfolk College
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