arXiv Machine Learning June 25, 2026 By Malachy Fox, Kavi Samra, Paul Jung

LLM Performance on a Real, Double-Marked GCSE Benchmark

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arXiv:2606. 24973v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce a dataset of 32,534 double-marked real student responses to GCSE mock exams (GCSEs are the UK's national exams, taken at age ~16), spanning 328 questions across five subjects and including handwritten work.

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