Assessment Query Forms – Findings Main 2022 Central Assessment Period

1.0 Introduction: 

This paper analyses the Main 2022 examination period, the numbers of assessment instances the number of exam sittings (candidatures) and looks at the Assessment Query Forms students have submitted. The aim of this paper is to ascertain the volume and types of issues encountered by students and to provide the data to enable evidence based decision making for future iterations of regulations Online Controlled Conditioned Exams 

 
2.0 Base Line Data 

*%age of total candidature rate

3.0 AQFs by day 

The following chart shows us that there is an initial spike of queries in the first part of the exam period which correlates to students having their first exam and then as the exam period progresses the number of queries (and exams) reduce.  This is usual for all exam periods both in person and online. 

Furthermore 1,386 students submitted AQFs of which 1276 students only submitted one AQF = 92% of students submitted one AQF only 

The evidence suggests that after a students first exam where difficulties were encountered such issues for the majority of students did not arise again. 

4.0 Faculty Data 

AQFs by faculty 

Prima facie ENG has the highest number of AQFs however that data needs to be taken into consideration with the number of exams per faculty. 

No of Candidatures by Faculty – these figures are taken from the published final Central Assessment Timetable.

Therefore to ascertain the true AQF query rate to a faculty this needs to be considered alongside the number of candidatures

5.0 AQFs by Category 

These have been categorised as one of three types:

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