The Prime Minister has defended plans for teachers to grade GCSE and A-level pupils in England this summer calling it a “good compromise”.
The decision follows last year’s exam fiasco when grades were decided by an algorithm.
This year grades will be decided by teachers using mock exams, coursework, essays and optional tests provided by exam boards. With so much time lost, pupils will only be assessed on what they’ve been taught.
Results will be published earlier in August to allow more time for appeals that are expected to follow.
The announcement follows similar moves in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But there are concerns about the fairness of the approach, including the risk of grade inflation.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
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This is totally unfair especially for children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Not fair to use work during a pandemic as a way to guess grades. Feel bad for teenagers during all this.
Maybe an evaluation of real learning could, beyond the grades awarded to their students, also legitimately serve the teaching staff for an inventory, a consensual reflection, with a view to reforming or adapting school programs and pedagological methods. With a view to innovative, modern, scalable and adapted pedagogy. For the advancement of education, in progress, too..
are they interviewing real teens or what. fuck me i’m pissed this isn’t fair.
That’s my crappy school GAA