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Dear Mr Zhu

Thank you for your enquiry under the Official Information Act regarding reviews and reconsiderations of externally marked NCEA exams. I have referred this to the Office of the Chief Executive for processing.

Many thanks for writing to us.

Yours sincerely

Katherine

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Kia ora Mr Zhu

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 4
December 2021 seeking the following information:

 

According to your website, Candidates may apply for a review or
reconsideration of their results for externally assessed NCEA standards
and New Zealand Scholarship subjects.

 

1) The following questions are about reconsideration (If you think your
answer booklet has not been assessed (or 'marked') correctly, you can
apply for a reconsideration. A reconsideration involves reassessing all
answers in the answer booklet using the original assessment schedule, in
other words, re-marking it. It also involves checking mechanical
processes, like transferring grades.) and please list externally assessed
NCEA achievement standards (the ones that go up to Excellence) and
Scholarship subjects SEPARATELY; for at least 5 years.

a) How many externally assessed NCEA achievement standards and New Zealand
Scholarship subjects (not numbers of students) are applied to be
reconsidered each year and its percentages in comparison to the total
marked?

b) How many of those reconsideration results in a grade change (increase
in grade) each year?

c) Have any been marked down (decrease in grade) each year? even if those
aren't reflected in students' results.

d) How many have been identified as using correcting fluid, pencil or
erasable pens each year?

 

2) The following questions are about review (In a review all sections of a
booklet or portfolio are checked to make sure they have been marked and
result correctly recorded and transferred. A review does not involve
re-marking) and please list externally assessed NCEA achievement standards
(the ones that go up to Excellence) and Scholarship subjects SEPARATELY;
for at least 5 years.

a) How many externally assessed NCEA achievement standards and New Zealand
Scholarship subjects (not numbers of students) are applied to be reviewed
each year and its percentages in comparison to the total marked?

b) How many of those review results in a grade change (increase in grade)
each year?

c) Have any been marked down (decrease in grade) each year? even if those
aren't reflected in students' results.

d) How many have been identified as using correcting fluid, pencil or
erasable pens?

 

3) Whether or not are policies in place to prevent the same marker that
originally marked the student's standard/subject to be reconsidering or
reviewing the same student?

4)  Whether or not are policies in place to prevent the marker from just
"do nothing"? eg: not re-marking.

5) What are your policies, if the process results in a decrease in grade?

 

6) On the following questions, please list both externally assessed NCEA
achievement standards (the ones that go up to Excellence) and Scholarship
subjects SEPARATELY, for at least 5 years.

a) What are the total amount of standards/subjects marked each year?

b) How many answer booklets have been determined by NZQA to be "altered"
and have resulted in an investigation for a breach of examination rules?

c) What is the outcome of that investigation? including any sanctions
imposed.

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 21
January 2022. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information.

 

If you are an individual making a request, please advise us whether or not
you would have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party
asks for your identity, and the reasons for your objection.   

 

If you are an individual making a request on behalf of an organisation
please advise us both whether you personally have an objection to
disclosing your identity, and the reasons for your objection, as well as
any objection to identifying the organisation, together with reasons.

 

NZQA will consider your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding
grounds under the Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

For any enquiries about your request,  please contact
[1][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

NZQA Ministerials team

:   [3]www.nzqa.govt.nz

 

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Kia ora Mr Zhu

 

Please find attached a copy of NZQA’s response to your OIA request below.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

NZQA Ministerials team

:   [1]www.nzqa.govt.nz

 

From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 6 December 2021 9:18 AM
To: [FOI #17832 email]
Subject: CR23416 Acknowledgement of OIA request .

 

Kia ora Mr Zhu

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 4
December 2021 seeking the following information:

 

According to your website, Candidates may apply for a review or
reconsideration of their results for externally assessed NCEA standards
and New Zealand Scholarship subjects.

 

1) The following questions are about reconsideration (If you think your
answer booklet has not been assessed (or 'marked') correctly, you can
apply for a reconsideration. A reconsideration involves reassessing all
answers in the answer booklet using the original assessment schedule, in
other words, re-marking it. It also involves checking mechanical
processes, like transferring grades.) and please list externally assessed
NCEA achievement standards (the ones that go up to Excellence) and
Scholarship subjects SEPARATELY; for at least 5 years.

a) How many externally assessed NCEA achievement standards and New Zealand
Scholarship subjects (not numbers of students) are applied to be
reconsidered each year and its percentages in comparison to the total
marked?

b) How many of those reconsideration results in a grade change (increase
in grade) each year?

c) Have any been marked down (decrease in grade) each year? even if those
aren't reflected in students' results.

d) How many have been identified as using correcting fluid, pencil or
erasable pens each year?

 

2) The following questions are about review (In a review all sections of a
booklet or portfolio are checked to make sure they have been marked and
result correctly recorded and transferred. A review does not involve
re-marking) and please list externally assessed NCEA achievement standards
(the ones that go up to Excellence) and Scholarship subjects SEPARATELY;
for at least 5 years.

a) How many externally assessed NCEA achievement standards and New Zealand
Scholarship subjects (not numbers of students) are applied to be reviewed
each year and its percentages in comparison to the total marked?

b) How many of those review results in a grade change (increase in grade)
each year?

c) Have any been marked down (decrease in grade) each year? even if those
aren't reflected in students' results.

d) How many have been identified as using correcting fluid, pencil or
erasable pens?

 

3) Whether or not are policies in place to prevent the same marker that
originally marked the student's standard/subject to be reconsidering or
reviewing the same student?

4)  Whether or not are policies in place to prevent the marker from just
"do nothing"? eg: not re-marking.

5) What are your policies, if the process results in a decrease in grade?

 

6) On the following questions, please list both externally assessed NCEA
achievement standards (the ones that go up to Excellence) and Scholarship
subjects SEPARATELY, for at least 5 years.

a) What are the total amount of standards/subjects marked each year?

b) How many answer booklets have been determined by NZQA to be "altered"
and have resulted in an investigation for a breach of examination rules?

c) What is the outcome of that investigation? including any sanctions
imposed.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 21
January 2022. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information.

 

If you are an individual making a request, please advise us whether or not
you would have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party
asks for your identity, and the reasons for your objection.   

 

If you are an individual making a request on behalf of an organisation
please advise us both whether you personally have an objection to
disclosing your identity, and the reasons for your objection, as well as
any objection to identifying the organisation, together with reasons.

 

NZQA will consider your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding
grounds under the Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

For any enquiries about your request,  please contact
[2][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

NZQA Ministerials team

:   [4]www.nzqa.govt.nz

 

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