A Level Screw Up

[SueEllen]

A-levels: Growing anger over 'unfair' results this year - BBC News


I'm sorry for all your kids. This government is totally incompetent. The Scottish government was incompetent and had to climb down. Hopefully Westminster government will.

(Apparently, if your child was in a smaller class they are more likely to have got their teacher predicted grades.)

[clearedforlanding]

A-levels: Growing anger over 'unfair' results this year - BBC News


I'm sorry for all your kids. This government is totally incompetent. The Scottish government was incompetent and had to climb down. Hopefully Westminster government will.

(Apparently, if your child was in a smaller class they are more likely to have got their teacher predicted grades.)

Which is likely to be the case in public schools. Coincidence?

[minestrone]

The incompetence in Scotland was completely down to teachers putting grunts through as straight A students.

The moderation to address that was fair. Now the results have absolutely no value whatsoever.

I assume it is the same in England

[SueEllen]

Which is likely to be the case in public schools. Coincidence?

Now I didn't say that but it is known wealthier areas tended to have smaller classes even in the state system.

Listening to some Damian Hinds MP trying to say the grading system is fair on the radio.

[SueEllen]

The incompetence in Scotland was completely down to teachers putting grunts through as straight A students.

The moderation to address that was fair. Now the results have absolutely no value whatsoever.

I assume it is the same in England

There is a pandemic on.

In England due to a certain Mr Gove scrapping AS levels and changing the A level system to exams only it is absolutely impossible to predict grades. In Wales due to the fact they still have AS levels pupils can be given their AS level result.

[minestrone]

There is a pandemic on.

In England due to a certain Mr Gove scrapping AS levels and changing the A level system to exams only it is absolutely impossible to predict grades. In Wales due to the fact they still have AS levels pupils can be given their AS level result.

That does not give teachers the right to bang up whole school's results by 20% more than they have or will ever get.

At least the marks were standardised and the results were more accurate on the whole even if some people did get shafted. But that has no bearing in Scotland where they will do anything to keep votes.

England has done the right thing, stuck by a fair moderation system but give options to take the prelim result or resit.

[PurpleGorilla]

For years state secondary schools have fiddled and gamed the system - so that pupils score higher than they credibly deserve. All that has happened today is a rebalancing. Harsh; but true.


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[AtW]

For years state secondary schools have fiddled and gamed the system - so that pupils score higher than they credibly deserve. All that has happened today is a rebalancing. Harsh; but true.

Why are you so bitter?

[PurpleGorilla]

Why are you so bitter?

Not even slightly bitter.

Just highlighting the truth.


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[AtW]

Not even slightly bitter.

Just highlighting the truth.

The truth is out there.


Just not out of your mouth...