Xinhua News Agency+| Visiting the site of the college entrance examination scoring: Strict quality control of scoring in various regions | College Entrance Examination | Scoring
The 2023 national college entrance examination grading work is proceeding steadily and orderly. How do various regions strictly control the quality of grading to ensure the fairness of the college entrance examination results? Let's explore the grading points in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and other places.
On the afternoon of June 16th, at the 2023 Beijing College Entrance Examination Mathematics Evaluation Point located on the campus of Tsinghua University, staff were working seriously in front of rows of computers. The reporter saw that baffles were set up between each computer, and regulations such as "Responsibilities of Paper Marking Staff" and "Work Rules for Paper Marking Teachers" were posted on the walls.
On June 16th, the evaluation of the 2023 college entrance examination in Beijing was opened to the media. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao
Chen Qixin, Director of the Admissions Office of Tsinghua University, introduced that examiners entering the site must go through layers of inspections, including security checks at the entrance, verification of ID cards and scoring cards, and it is strictly prohibited to bring mobile phones and other items into the site; At the security checkpoint, it is also necessary to pass through the security gate and check with handheld security equipment.
"Some of the grading teachers come from Tsinghua University, while the rest come from frontline teaching and research personnel and backbone teachers in various districts." Chen Qixin said that the mathematics grading point has established a backbone group composed of senior experts, and a series of inspection and spot check mechanisms have been set up during the grading process to ensure the quality of the grading.
This year, Chongqing has set up a national unified examination subject evaluation point for Southwest University and a selective examination subject evaluation point for Chongqing Urban Management Vocational College. The reporter recently saw at the evaluation point of Southwest University that the evaluation point implements fully enclosed management, and is fully covered and monitored by a high-definition monitoring system based on the Internet of Things.
On June 13th, at the grading point of Southwest University, staff will put the scanned college entrance examination papers and answer cards into a file bag for centralized management. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Qianlei
Xiao Guoqiang, the person in charge of the grading point and the dean of the School of Computer and Information Science at Southwest University, told reporters that in order to ensure fairness and justice, the grading process adopts a "double random" method. The entire grading process uses technical means to implement the circulation of secret numbers, and the scanned images of the test paper are cut into question groups and completely scrambled. The system automatically generates a random secret number and randomly distributes it to the grading teachers.
"I saw the college entrance examination marking for the first time, and I couldn't believe that every question had to be 'cut' and evaluated by two teachers. It was really rigorous." After visiting the 2023 ordinary college entrance examination marking work in Chongqing, Tang Jiaxin, the candidate representative, sighed.
More than 2300 grading teachers from two grading points in Shanxi Province are using computers to evaluate non multiple-choice questions. "After receiving the test paper, the expert group immediately engaged in multiple discussions, studied and refined the scoring standards, and issued scoring rules. Then, based on the scoring rules, the scoring teachers were trained, rehearsed, evaluated, and assessed. Only after passing the assessment can they participate in the scoring work." said Zhang Yuguo, Deputy Director of the College Entrance Examination Department of the Shanxi Provincial Admissions and Examination Management Center.
The reporter saw at the Chinese language grading point for the Shanghai college entrance examination that each grading teacher's computer screen displayed cut questions. The teacher gave scores based on the candidate's answering situation and compared them to the grading rules. The relevant person in charge of the Chinese language grading center group introduced that each question is evaluated by two teachers separately, and the scoring error of the two teachers is within the specified threshold, that is, the average value is taken; If the threshold is exceeded, the computer will send the test questions to a third teacher - the leader of the grading team - for review, in order to minimize subjective biases such as misevaluations and omissions.
On June 14th, representatives of parents of several candidates in Shanghai were invited to visit the Chinese language grading point for the college entrance examination.
The reporter learned that for Chinese language subjects with more subjective questions, Shanxi has increased the number of grading experts, with a Chinese language expert group of nearly 40 people, requiring each subjective question to be controlled by the team leader for quality.
"When entering the score synthesis stage, two groups of staff use different software and methods to independently 'back-to-back' synthesize their scores. Only when the scores of the two groups are completely consistent can they be released to the public to ensure the accuracy of the scores." Xiao Guoqiang said.
"There are relevant regulations at the grading site, from the storage of entry-level items to the grading rules for test papers, which ensure the rigor and impartiality of the entire grading process from a systemic perspective. As a parent, I feel very confident," said Mr. Wu, the representative of the parents, after visiting the Shanghai National College Entrance Examination Chinese grading point.
