The 2021 Diploma of Secondary Examination (DSE) was released as early as July 21. The results can be regarded as "the dust has settled." Many candidates have advanced to universities, but some tutors released screenshots of the DSE history review report documents of two candidates , Questioned the assessment bureau's scoring error.
He said that after some candidates reviewed the results, the total score only rose to 162 points (out of 240), and was rated 5**, but another candidate without a review score had a total score of 166, but only rated it. Is 5*.
The HKEAA refused to evaluate individual candidate cases, but explained that the HKDSE review mechanism usually does not degrade. This will happen in special cases such as candidates mistakenly writing a question number when answering a question.
It is reported that if an examinee writes a wrong answer number on the test page, the marker will have the opportunity to use the test paper filled in with the answer number and the marking scheme to score, resulting in a low or even zero score for the question.
When a candidate applied for a review, the HKEAA learned that the candidate "filled in the wrong question number", the score of this sub-question was higher than the original after re-marking; in the case, it may also be due to the fact that the score of the candidate's other answers dropped after the review, but based on "Principle of non-grading rating", the final rating will be calculated on the basis of "the highest score of each sub-question of the two markings", and the total score of the two assessments of the candidate in the case is higher than the 5** threshold, so it is assessed 5**.
162 points get 5*** 166 points only 5* spark controversy
Emperor Education History tutoring teacher KWHo posted a post on the social platform Instagram, using the screenshots of the DSE History Review report of two candidates, questioning the assessment bureau’s scoring errors. He said that the total score of candidates rose to 162 points (out of 240) after reviewing their scores. ), was rated as 5**, but another candidate without a review score, although his total score was 166, was only rated as 5*.
According to the tutor, the review report of the history examinee also found that the examiner had made mistakes in succession. Although the examinee had written the number of the selected answer on the cover of the answer sheet cleanly, the test paper was assigned points that he did not have the selected answer. Question group, and the sub-question scoring examiner did not report the situation according to the usual practice, but directly rated it as 0 points, and the final scoring staff did not find out. The problem was not revealed until the candidates released the scores, decided to review and received a report.
He criticized the incident for being absurd and full of errors and omissions. "The marking work was so messy that the students could not get the results they deserve."
He also said, "A student who has applied for an Appeal (result review) and bought back the exam papers. This is a ridiculous incident first." He asked the Examinations and Appraisal Bureau to strictly follow up and explain it.
Yang Yingyu, the former manager of the Assessment and Development Department of the Appraisal Bureau, also posted on social platforms that it is unreasonable for candidates with higher scores to be rated lower.
According to the information released by the Examination and Assessment Bureau in late July, a total of 4,974 candidates for the DSE History Department took the exam in 2021. Overall, only 1.4% of the candidates (about 70) got 5**, and 6.1% (about 303) got 5*, 14.9% (Approximately 741) Passed 5.
When the HKEAA responded to the "Hong Kong 01" enquiry, it refused to comment on individual candidate cases, but reiterated that the HKDSE review results mechanism is usually not downgraded. Therefore, some special cases (such as candidates who mistakenly write the question number when answering questions) will appear as described this time Condition.
Benefit from "no downgrade mechanism"
The Comprehensive Assessment Bureau replied and the source explained that if the test taker mistakenly wrote the question number when answering the question, the scorer would score according to the sub-question number written by the test taker on the page for the first time, and the score of the question may be low or even zero.
When a candidate applies for a score review, if the HKEAA learns that the candidate has written a wrong question number, it will re-evaluate the question and re-read all the questions in the candidate's full answer sheet according to the usual score review mechanism.
Even if the test taker’s total score after re-reading the answer sheet is lower than before, some of the sub-questions may be "dropped" compared to the first evaluation. As there is no downgrading mechanism for the performance review, the HKEAA will eventually The grading will be calculated based on the higher scores of each sub-question in the two markings. If the total score of the candidate reaches the 5** threshold, the candidate will be assessed 5**, which means the mixed score of the candidate in the two markings , Higher than the total review score of 162 points, and 166 points for candidates who won 5*.
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