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All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| This meeting will be recorded |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Exam boards have an Ofqual requirement to record event audio.\u003Cbr>Recordings are kept for the lifetime of the specification and not shared as an accompaniment to session resources.\u003Cbr>The recording will begin now. |  |  |\n| 3 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\nFirst thing – some general updates  \n4  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n| GCSE mark schemes – recent notification |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • We sent information in April about changes to the mark schemes for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.\u003Cbr>• [aqa.org.uk/news/changes-to-gcse-english-language-](aqa.org.uk/news/changes-to-gcse-english-language-)[ ](aqa.org.uk/news/changes-to-gcse-english-language-)[8700-summer-2018-exam-materials](8700-summer-2018-exam-materials)\u003Cbr>• [aqa.org.uk/news/changes-to-gcse-english-literature-](aqa.org.uk/news/changes-to-gcse-english-literature-)[ ](aqa.org.uk/news/changes-to-gcse-english-literature-)[8702-summer-2018-exam-materials](8702-summer-2018-exam-materials) |  |  |\n| 5 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| GCSE mark schemes – recent notification |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • We review how question papers and mark schemes have performed every series and, on occasions, this may lead to minor changes.\u003Cbr>• These changes should not affect the way you to teach the specification and prepare your students.\u003Cbr>• We informed you about the changes so you were aware of the different formats in advance of these being used by examiners in 2018.\u003Cbr>• If there were any significant changes that would affect how you prepare your students we would notify you at least 12 months in advance. |  |  |\n| 6 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Awarding – What happens? |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • We provide a detailed overview of awarding in the Summer 2017 hub material.\u003Cbr>• We won’t know how papers have performed until the marking has finished.\u003Cbr>• We will consider any shifts in how the papers have performed.\u003Cbr>• We might need to change the boundaries to ensure comparability with previous years.\u003Cbr>• More information about how grade boundaries are set can be found on our website. |  |  |\n| 7 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Awarding – why raw mark boundaries change |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • We aim to make sure exam papers are of the same level of difficulty from year to year but, in reality, papers do vary slightly.\u003Cbr>• For GCSE English Language, once we see student responses, the evidence may show that sources were more or less accessible than we anticipated.\u003Cbr>• For example, students may find sources more accessible both in terms of the language used and the context of the theme. |  |  |\n| 8 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Awarding – why raw mark boundaries change |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • Setting grade boundaries to allow for this variation ensures that students who perform at the same level get the same grade, no matter when they sit the exam.\u003Cbr>• We have only had two sets of papers so far for GCSE English Language (only one for English Literature) so it is hard to predict any patterns that might emerge due to the sources that are used in the papers. |  |  |\n| 9 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Post-results services |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Service 1: clerical check\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Service 2: review of marking\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Priority service 2: priority marking review\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Access to scripts (ATS)\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Priority","cbCaiusCOMY2z13p","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiusCOMY2z13p","pdf",1408655,39,"English","# Welcome\n# General updates\n## GCSE mark schemes – recent notification\n## Awarding – What happens?\n## Awarding – why raw mark boundaries change\n# Post-results services\n# Focus of session","[{\"question\":\"Why are GCSE mark scheme updates communicated in advance for 2018?\",\"answer\":\"The slides explain that mark schemes may change slightly after reviewing performance across series. 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