The CASPer is scored by a range of markers, whom CASPer calls ‘raters’. Each will have undergone a training program to prepare them to perform their role. Each rater is trained and instructed to be as objective as possible, and provided with criteria to assess each response. Every response that they rate will be graded using a scale from 1 to 9, with 9 being a superb answer and 1 being an unsatisfactory response. Each of your scenarios (of which there are 15 in the test) will be marked by a separate rater, in order to minimise the potential for one rater to skew results – as you will receive marks from 15 separate individuals, it is thought that each candidate receives a fair overall score. The rater responsible for scoring each scenario will mark each of your three questions within that scenario, and your score will be an average of your performance over the course of the three questions – meaning that if you fail to write a lot for the first question, but cover the second and third questions very well, you can still score a high mark for the section.
The test is scored by a range of reviewers, who may be doctors, medical students, or members of the lay public. They will have undergone a training program to prepare them to score the tests. They are trained to be as objective in their assessment of given criteria as possible. Each CASPer response is graded using a scale from 1 to 9, with 1 being an unsatisfactory response and 9 being a superb response. All three responses to a given prompt are graded by the same scorer, with the score you receive being an average of your ability over the three questions. Each individual section (of three prompts) will be scored by a different marker, meaning that you should have 12 different markers over the course of the entire test. Each marker is given a series of candidate responses to individual scenarios, meaning that their marking should be uniform throughout – meaning that the marking should be as fair as is possible.