Section A - General Responsibilities of Modifiers Examination modifiers should be experienced subject specialists who with students with a visual impairment. The purpose of modifying an examination paper is to make the paper accessible to a candidate with a visual impairment. It is the role of the modifier to recommend to the Awarding Body what action is needed to achieve this end. Questions should only be altered by the modifier when it is necessary to do so in order to provide this access. If a modifier needs to alter a question, the following principles should be applied. The amended question must assess the same skills, knowledge and concepts as the original question in the print paper and enable the candidate to meet the same assessment objectives in National Curriculum subjects. The question should be of an equivalent level of difficulty as the original. Any alteration should preserve the balance of the original examination paper in terms of both the content and the weighting of questions. A modified question should not require candidates to a disproportionately large amount of time to gain relatively few marks. Where modification of an existing question is not possible, the modifier may propose a replacement question which attempts to meet the same assessment criteria for approval by the Awarding Body. In the event that a replacement question is deemed unacceptable by the Awarding Body, the modifier and Awarding Body should consult to determine what action will be taken, with due consideration to ensure the minimum of disruption or confusion for the candidate.
Section A - General Responsibilities of Modifiers Examination modifiers should be experienced subject specialists who with students with a visual impairment. The purpose of modifying an examination paper is to make the paper accessible to a candidate with a visual impairment. It is the role of the modifier to recommend to the Awarding Body what action is needed to achieve this end. Questions should only be altered by the modifier when it is necessary to do so in order to provide this access. If a modifier needs to alter a question, the following principles should be applied. The amended question must assess the same skills, knowledge and concepts as the original question in the print paper and enable the candidate to meet the same assessment objectives in National Curriculum subjects. The question should be of an equivalent level of difficulty as the original. Any alteration should preserve the balance of the original examination paper in terms of both the content and the weighting of questions. A modified question should not require candidates to a disproportionately large amount of time to gain relatively few marks. Where modification of an existing question is not possible, the modifier may propose a replacement question which attempts to meet the same assessment criteria for approval by the Awarding Body. In the event that a replacement question is deemed unacceptable by the Awarding Body, the modifier and Awarding Body should consult to determine what action will be taken, with due consideration to ensure the minimum of disruption or confusion for the candidate.
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