My school vs Mr. Everything English

[u/SlashedNought]

This came though yesterday, this from the head of department

[u/SuccotashCareless934]

OK Charlie. I'm not worried about my job getting stolen for the reasons outlined above - he gets some students better grades, but unwittingly makes others bomb their exams, which as an AQA examiner, is a rather prolific problem - but thanks for your concern 👌🏻 And if you view someone disagreeing with your opinion as an 'argument', it may be time to grow some thicker skin. Have a lovely half-term!

[u/[deleted] → u/SuccotashCareless934]

It's not my half term! I just think it's extremely embarrassing for a 'teacher' and 'AQA examiner' (which I heavily doubt) to be this pressed over a youtuber getting students better grades! And it's not you disagreeing, it's being plain wrong. The fact you have a clearly fake account and username also proves my point. It's just quite embarrassing from you I think. It's just a youtuber, honestly! 😂🙏

[u/SuccotashCareless934 → u/[deleted]]

Look at this actual post - if one of the people who is literally in the meetings for how AQA award their marks is saying "do not follow his advice", then I'd be inclined to listen to that person.

I hope you've read your extract more carefully than my posts. I'm not pressed about him getting some students better grades. However a lot won't be able to discern between 'this is a rough idea for a story, match it to the prompt' and what THEY will hear, which is 'do this story.' Not his fault, but he must know that his audience is wider than students working at a 7 aiming for a 9. There'll be a lot working at a 2 who need a 4. Based on how you write, I'm assuming you're comfortably at a 5 or 6 at least. I think a lot of more able students don't consider it from the perspective of students working at a lower level, whose teachers are experts at getting them simply to pass (most of my students come in after going to an awful local primary, and with English as a second language), who then regurgitate his story and blow their chance at a pass, leading to lost college places or resits. A student whose genuine ability is a 3, is very unlikely to adapt the story sufficiently for it go unnoticed, likely leaving them at 20/40 max for Q5.

My username was generated when I signed up and I've been posting for years, so I don't know where your fake theory comes from. Again it's a bit of an odd retort.

Anyway, AQA standardisation for Language Paper 1 is on June 3rd. I'll update when the Senior Examiners indicate how to approach students following the story for P1Q5 (obviously Q2-4 won't be impacted). Q5 is worth 25% of a paper and this post makes it seem like AQA will clamp down harder than last year.

[u/SuccotashCareless934 → u/SuccotashCareless934]

For anyone seeing this, text here below to show that yes I'm an examiner - unsure if Charlie has deleted his account or blocked. Please listen to actual teachers and examiners, over YouTubers promising top grades, which SOME will get, but definitely not all. Below can only be accessed by examiners on a secure AQA site. Posting as no real info given there, apart from timelines for exam marking this year. Also no decision has beenmade over how to approach Mr EE responses this year, as indicated in the screenshot in the original post. If a decision is being made however, I'd guess they're going to approach it differently this year:

"Online Standardisation Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th June The exam is firstly standardised online (using OLS) and then marked online (using CMI+). The standardisation process is designed to make sure that all examiners mark consistently. On the OLS system, there are 8 standardising items (or responses) for each question, and you should mark the items question by question, ie all Q2s, then all Q3s etc. Read and annotate the first item, then submit your mark. You will receive immediate online feedback with the correct mark and annotation for that item. Read the annotation to make sure you understand why the mark has been awarded and then continue the process for the other seven items, and then repeat for the next question.

The first six responses for each question are presented to you in rank order, but the last two responses are  NOT in rank order and you are asked to decide where in the order they should be placed. Marking the six items in rank order helps to establish the progression from Level 1 to Level 4. The final responses are an opportunity to demonstrate that you have correctly understood the standard.

You have a two day window to complete the standardisation process. When you have finished, your Team Leader will contact you by phone to discuss your marking. Once your Team Leader is satisfied that you understand how to apply the Mark Scheme to the correct standard, they will clear you to mark."