Termly reports in secondary schools record pupils' marks, in Cartesian fashion, to the nearest two decimal points.
Some people say that teaching is a noble profession; Eldridge suggests that it is a carnal merry-go-round only slightly inconvenienced by pupils, marking and inspections.
Labour's former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said: "This Sports Direct review is overdue but has the whiff of a pupil marking its own homework.
As a geography activity, pupils could mark on a map of Britain where various plants have been found; as a language activity pupils could write a report about what is happening in their own area.
This Steven had dilated pupils, red marks on his arms, and his head jerked erratically as he spoke manically.
Consequently correct answers given by pupils were marked as incorrect as they did appear on the list of "right" answers.
In some cases, exam boards have awarded pupils full marks for rogue questions, while in others they have discounted the question and changed the total number of marks available for a paper.
In the best-schools category, there is Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, a commuter village north of London with a population of 1,800, where 96 percent of its pupils have marks exceeding the national average.
Returning from France in 1887, Blackader studied at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was regarded as a generally promising pupil; his marks were highest in administrative and academic subjects, but lower in drawing and physical education.
First, he criticised "grade inflation", the process of awarding pupils ever higher marks (half the grades given to undergraduates were As).
