I'm not sure that...

...having disproportionality record results is necessarily going to help this year's crop, personally, but it is done now.

For those leaving school, grades are locked in and the results are what were important, I suppose.

For anyone using the grades to go onto further education, hopefully the teachers have got it right, else they may struggle.

On the last point, I fear more for kids who have received optimistic GCSE results and try to carry that through to A Levels. That can be a hard enough leap already in some subjects.

I don't think they should have uturned. Force ranking each population means the top performers would be less likely to have been downgraded, regardless, but as I say, done now.

Posted By: Jester on August 17th 2020 at 20:05:35

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Apologies if breaches the politics ban but looks like there may be an A Level u-turn (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 17, 13:02:33
- I'm not sure that... (General Chat) - Jester, Aug 17, 20:05:35
- 🤫🤫🤫 (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Aug 17, 16:52:44
- I'm amazed that they saw the reaction in Scotland and still let A-Level results be (General Chat) - WestYorksCanary, Aug 17, 16:23:55
- Based on 52% accuracy teachers only get a D for prediction (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 17, 16:19:40
- It’s so obviously wrong it has to be changed (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 17, 13:03:52
  - Is it? (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 17, 15:04:30
    - Because the pupils did not sit the exams. Usually, that correction would presumably happen (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 17, 15:31:42
    - Well, there's no way of it being completely accurate (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 17, 15:10:48
    - Because there's no fair way of deciding who is downgraded (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Aug 17, 15:08:19
      - And guess who was downgraded? (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 17, 15:14:04
        
        Sorry but that’s bollocks. My wife’s class all downgraded and she works in private school (General Chat) - Boris, Aug 17, 18:50:28
        
        Name the school or it didn't happen (n/m) (General Chat) - Banham canary, Aug 17, 19:44:47
        
        that's what I thought. Another lie to defend this shit goverment. Shame on you (n/m) (General Chat) - Banham canary, Aug 18, 00:43:20
  - Yep. They've distanced Johnson from it so far, no doubt if it is changed it will (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 17, 13:15:44
    - Apparently announcing at 4pm that all GCSEs will be based on teacher grades (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 17, 13:51:52
      - And A-levels surely? Can;t see how they can do one without the other (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 17, 13:54:07
        
        The Welsh have done just that (n/m) (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Aug 17, 14:39:44
        
        Yes. they mist know thats what Williamson is going to announce - getting it in first again (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Aug 17, 14:47:42
    - Can't get enough of those allegory-rhythms (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 17, 13:36:12
      - Just announced the U-turn, all I can think of is how much does all this faffing about (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Aug 17, 16:13:15

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