2010 Examination Marking Issue
On 4 October 2010, The Daily Telegraph, reported that hundreds of exam scripts were marked incorrectly. The marking discrepancies were discovered in late September after it emerged that there were problems with AQA's electronic marking system which in turn meant that portions of the scripts were not marked at all and this was not flagged up by their systems either.
It was reported that 600 GCSE and GCE exam scripts were affected by this issue.
The exams watchdog Ofqual has launched an inquiry and AQA has also investigated the issue. A small number of students received lower grades than they should have and this was rectified following the AQA investigation. AQA also extended the deadline for results enquiries for those students affected. However as a direct result of this error thirteen A-level students missed out on their first choice university. The problem was compounded by AQA contacting UCAS on the 30th September 2010 after clearing had finished even though the organisation were aware of the problem on 17th September 2010. AQA's chief executive, Andrew Hall, stated "We deeply regret the original marking issue and are determined to ensure that it doesn't happen again."
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