Exam board apologises following A Level psychology exam mistake
Exam board OCR has apologised for “poorly wording” an A Level psychology test question, BBC has reported.
The error comes weeks after the same exam board made a mistake in a GCSE English Literature exam question in relation to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in May.
The psychology question asked pupils to “calculate the mean percentage of words”, which is normally seen in a maths paper.
OCR said about 5,000 A Level candidates had been affected, but it was not yet known how many tackled the question.
Russell Hobby, general secretary at union NAHT, commented: "Mistakes in exam papers undermine the confidence of students, teachers and schools. It is crucial that processes are in place to prevent these from happening.
"OCR has rightly confirmed that marking of the paper will reflect this mistake. It's crucial that this is clearly communicated to schools."
OCR confirmed in a statement that the question, which was worth two marks out of 90 on an A Level Psychology paper (H567/01), was poorly worded and apologised to candidates “for any confusion” and will correct this when marking.
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