Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Committee on Public Petitions

Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Aidan Farrell:

We have the ultimate feedback on how candidates perceived an examination in their scripts. If candidates ran out of time, for example, that would be absolutely apparent to us when marking them. If they found a particular question unduly challenging or impossible to answer that would also be apparent. It is a mute voice at one level but it is a very telling one.