What is the process for marking essays for the 2024 high school graduation exam?

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Organize joint grading of at least 10 exams

According to the regulations of the High School Graduation Exam Regulations, the essay test will be graded according to the grading instructions, answers, and grading scale of the Ministry of Education and Training . The test is graded on a 10-point scale; the odd points of the total score of the entire test are rounded to 2 decimal places. Each test is graded in two independent rounds by two examiners of two different grading teams;

The head examiner organizes the dissemination of the examination regulations, discusses the answers, and provides marking instructions to all the examiner team leaders and examiners, and organizes the joint marking of at least 10 essay exams. After that, the examination is graded according to the two-round independent marking process in separate examination rooms.

Particularly for examination councils with 30,000 or more candidates, the chief examiner or the head of the examination group authorized by the chief examiner shall organize the general marking for each examination group or group of examination groups;

The delivery of exam bags to examiners is done by drawing lots using ballots.

First marking process

The chief examiner or the head of the examination group authorized by the chief examiner organizes the drawing of lots and delivers the entire bag of exam papers to each examiner.

Before marking, the examiner checks each test to ensure there are enough pages and blank spaces, and crosses out all the blank spaces left over from the test.

In case of discovering that the test paper does not have enough pages or cards; the test paper is written on scratch paper; the test paper is written on paper different from the paper used for the test; the test paper has the handwriting of two or more people, written in two or more different ink colors, written in red ink, pencil or has writing or drawing content unrelated to the test content; the test paper is crumpled or suspected to have markings, the examiner is responsible for reporting and handing these test papers to the head of the examination marking team to be presented to the head of the examination marking subject for handling.

When marking the first time, except for the cross-lines on the remaining blank spaces on the candidate's test paper, the examiner must not write anything on the candidate's test or the test bag. The component scores, the total score and comments (if any) must only be recorded on one marking sheet for each test; the marking sheet must clearly state the full name and signature of the examiner; after marking a bag, the examiner must hand that bag over to the head of the exam marking department or the head of the exam marking team authorized by the head of the exam marking department to hand over to the Examination Council's secretariat.

Second marking process

After the first marking, the member of the Examination Council's secretariat withdraws all the marking sheets; then, hands over the exam bags to the head examiner or the head of the examination group authorized by the head examiner to organize the drawing for the second marking, ensuring that the marked exam bags are not returned to the person who marked the first time.

The second examiner will write the score directly on the candidate's test (the score for each sub-item must be written on the left margin of the test, right next to the marked item) and on the marking sheet.

After marking a bag, the examiner will hand over the bag of marked test papers and the marking sheet to the head examiner or the head of the marking team authorized by the head examiner to hand over to the Examination Council secretariat.

Unified test scores

The head examiner receives the exam papers and marking sheets from the Examination Council secretariat and directs the Examination Marking Teams to unify the exam scores.

Only write the score for each question and the total score for the entire test in the designated place on the test paper after the scores have been unified.

The unification of points is done as follows: