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Guidelines to Essay Marking Scheme
LC Higher Level History
The examiner will award marks to each paragraph or paragraph equivalent as follows:
Cumulative Mark (CM) (Maximum = 60 marks)
Ex Excellent: 11-12 marks Outstanding piece of analysis, exposition or commentary. Clearly expressed, accurate and substantial information.
Very good: 8-10 marks Very good material, accurately and clearly expressed.
Good: 6-7 marks Worthwhile information, reasonably well expressed.
Fair: 3-5 marks Limited information/barely stated.
Poor: 0-2 marks Trivial/irrelevant/grave errors.
Overall Evaluation (OE) (Maximum = 40 marks)
Excellent: 34-40 marks Excellent in its treatment of the set question, particularly if it shows detailed learning, wide reading, analysis or extensive coverage.
Very good: 28-33 marks Very good – but not excellent - in its treatment of the set question, ie: accurate and substantial.
Good: 22-27 marks Good standard treatment of the set question, without being exceptional in the information or the commentary supplied.
Fair: 16-21 marks Fair attempt at the set question, but has identifiable defects, eg: incomplete coverage, irrelevant data, factual inaccuracies.
Weak: 10-15 marks Poor, in that it fails to answer the question as set, but has some merit.
Very weak: 0-9 marks Very poor answer which, at best, offers only scraps of information.
In awarding the OE, the examiner will evaluate the quality of the answer, taking into account the following, as appropriate:
• To what extent has the candidate shown the ability to analyse the issues involved in the question asked (ie:more than mere narrative)?
• To what extent has the candidate marshalled the relevant evidence to support his/her analysis?
• To what extent has the candidate shown the ability to argue a case and to reach conclusions (ie: to answer the question as asked)?
