Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to be very clear that there is no intention of keeping anything under wraps. There is no intention whatsoever of concealing any detail. What is important to remember is that the process of standardisation is just that: it is a process, not a static formula. It is very important to point out that even if we were to look at the written leaving certificate exam in terms of that process, it also contains and has always consistently included standardisation. As to, for example, publishing the marking scheme of the written leaving certificate exam, that is never publicised or published until after the release of the results because, again, the standardisation process works there as well. There is an alignment between the written process and the accredited grades process this year or the calculated grades process.

There is no question of not wishing to co-operate. As I said earlier, it is an iterative process and any detail that can be released in advance will be released in advance but, certainly, all of the data that need to be published, in a similar fashion to the publishing of the marking scheme for the written exams, will be published at the time of the results, and it is similar for the algorithm.

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