Mission impossible: naming rainbow colours

Series one
Episode seven | 8 July 2019

How are mark schemes written? What are the different types of mark schemes? And how can you make use of mark schemes in the classroom? Craig Barton meets AQA Assessment Design Manager Suzanne Oates to find out what examiners consider when they write mark schemes, and history teacher Carmel Bones shares the fun classroom games she plays to familiarise her students with them.

Featured in this podcast

Craig Barton – Maths teacher, podcaster and author

Laura – Drama teacher

Suzanne Oates – Assessment Design Manager at AQA

Carmel Bones – History teacher

Episode resources

The anatomy of a mark scheme (3.4 MB)

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Teacher Craig Barton is back with series two of Inside Exams, the podcast that gives you an access all areas pass to snoop around behind the scenes at AQA.

He’ll be meeting the people who write and mark your students’ exams, as well as pioneering teachers, to get answers to all the questions you ponder throughout the school day.

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