EBAT75
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Actually, the third grader is the Team Leader whose word is final. So he/she has passed the second grade. My understandingis that there is no first and second grader. Two graders do their grading independently and if their grades differ by a pre-set number, then the Team Lead kicks in.How can they score the exam if they're not even big enough to drive??
I have seen the old sample exams that had the grading plan for each essay problem in the book itself. Very detailed and thorough. Something like 9 or 10 bullets for the grader to follow for each of the problems. And the bullets are very detailed and specific to the problem in hand. They are by no means generic, garden variety guidelines. I even felt, hey if they give me these detailed grading plans, I can be a (?) grader!
The grading is preceded by a "train the graders" session. I think they would provide the bullets a grader should use, get them to grade a placebo style set of problems.
All in all, I have full confidence in the grading process. More so because on top of the above, it is not as if a generalist grades all 4 problems. My understanding is that each material specific problem is graded by an engineer with experience, interest and good knowledge in that specific material. No jack of all materials, as I understand it.