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So what might go wrong with GCSEs/A levels this year?
1 Some schools push for high grades, others don’t, and the external checks of 6.5 million exams cannot cope = unfairness.
1 Some schools push for high grades, others don’t, and the external checks of 6.5 million exams cannot cope = unfairness.
2 Teachers remain unclear what it means when it says they should grade at ‘the standard at which the pupil is performing’ but this does not mean the grade this pupil could have got in the exam. Scope for real confusion.
3 30% of all pupils decide to appeal against their teachers in July = chaos.
4 Pupils who had seriously a disrupted year appear on national television in tears having missed out on university place. Little evidence of adjustment for differential learning loss = outrage.
5 Lacking control over inflation the proportion getting top grades doubles; universities have over-booked and are now overwhelmed.
6 Lacking control over inflation, weak pupils with flattering grades embark on A-level courses and then drop out in huge numbers.
It is up to schools to question the draft plans now – through the consultation. After 29 January it will be too late to complain.
It is up to schools to question the draft plans now – through the consultation. After 29 January it will be too late to complain.
