BESTLEC
Mark Scheme (Results)
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Summer 2024
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Pearson Edexcel GCE
ST
In Economics A (9EC0)
Paper 03: Microeconomics &
Macroeconomics
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1
, BESTLEC
Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide
range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers.
For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively,
you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
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Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever
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they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across
70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high
standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we
can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
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2
, BESTLEC
General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must
be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if
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the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also
be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response
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is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
ST
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must
be consulted.
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• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
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Mark Scheme (Results)
C
Summer 2024
LE
Pearson Edexcel GCE
ST
In Economics A (9EC0)
Paper 03: Microeconomics &
Macroeconomics
BE
1
, BESTLEC
Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide
range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers.
For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively,
you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
C
LE
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever
ST
they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across
70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high
standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we
can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
BE
2
, BESTLEC
General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must
be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if
C
the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also
be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response
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is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
ST
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must
be consulted.
BE
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
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