WHAT IS ON-SCREEN MARKING?
On-screen marking is a method of marking a candidate's response that has been produced on paper and presented to an examiner for marking on-screen using a PC.
How does it work?
Candidate's answer booklets are scanned and digital versions of all the pages are presented to markers on screen known as scripts.
Who would benefit from on-screen marking?
Awarding and Assessment Bodies including Professional Bodies and Universities would benefit from implementing on-screen marking and would typically realise the following advantages:
- An improvement in the reliability and quality of marking
- More efficient use of examiner skill sets
- An increase in the speed of marking
- A reduction in the risks associated with transporting exam scripts between centers and examiners
- A reduction in the risks associated with the influence of a single examiner marking a whole exam script
- Real-time monitoring of marking progress
- Continual monitoring of marking quality
What types of assessments are supported?
Our on-screen marking solution can support various types of assessments but most written tests fall into 2 categories:
- Combined question & answer booklets where there is a structured allocated area for a candidate to write in their response
- Separate question & answer booklets where a candidate writes in the answer booklet in an unstructured way highlighting the question number that they are responding to next to their response
For Item Level marking, our solution uses specialized software processes and techniques in order to segment both these types of assessments allowing e-Marker� to process the vast majority of written tests being taken around the world.
