Students and parents have condemned ‘panicked’ changes to the way A-level results in England are decided, saying they have increased stress and reduced fairness. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced late on Tuesday that students will be able to use their results in mock tests to appeal if they are unhappy with the grades they are … Read more
A-level pupils whose marks are downgraded by computer face missing out on university places while exam boards sift through a flood of appeals, experts warned last night. This year’s exams were cancelled because of coronavirus so marks will be based on teachers’ estimates of what entrants would have achieved. But exam boards are expected to … Read more
A-level pupils will be able see who is top of the class after winning right to see how they rank among peers – but schools face ‘flood’ of complaints as 300,000 marks ‘will get downgraded’ The Information Commissioner’s Office says pupils can request information Class rankings play a factor in either raising or lowering pupils … Read more
Nearly 40% of A-level grades given by teachers in England will be downgraded when exam regulator Ofqual publishes students’ results next week. Up to 300,000 students stand to receive lower grades after exams were cancelled amid the coronavirus lockdown. Grades will instead be issued according to Ofqual’s statistical model, which draws on each pupil’s previous … Read more
300,000 A-level pupils in England face lower marks than expected as 39% of grades set by teachers ‘will be downgraded’ – amid fury in Scotland over 25% of papers marked down More than 730,000 A-level entries will be assessed by Ofqual’s statistical model Nearly 2 million grades set by teachers could be changed or ignored … Read more
GCSE and A-Level results will be decided by statistical modelling – NOT teacher’s predicted grades – in major government U-turn on exams Exam regulator Ofqual said statistical modelling will be used to calculate grades Model will factor previous grades of pupils and former students at same school Ofqual said teachers’ predicted grades submitted in March … Read more
Students could apply to university AFTER their A-level results with the academic year starting in January under radical shakeup of admissions Move is being directed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson Hoped change will boost social mobility by helping disadvantaged children In current system, students apply to university by January with predicted grades Predicted grades are often inaccurate … Read more
Secondary school pupils with GCSE and A-level exams next year are returning to classes today, but only a quarter of Years 10 and 12 are allowed on site at one time due to social-distancing. The Government wants pupils to have ‘face-to-face’ support before their exams next summer, but the amount contact time will vary considerably across … Read more
Universities are told to lower their A-level offers even further to help the country’s poorest students Suggestion was made by Lee Elliot Major, a professor of social mobility He called for a review of teacher-assessed GCSE and A-level results this summer Professor is worried teachers will ‘unintentionally’ undersestimate poorer pupils Students who left their revision to … Read more
GCSE and A-Level pupils face being given the wrong grades due to teachers manually inputting thousands of scores into AQA exam board’s online system that is ‘ripe for human error’. Concerns have been raised about its ‘grade entry portal’, in which marks have to be put in one-by-one. AQA’s method has left school staff horrified … Read more