A Level Screw Up

[SueEllen]

Spot the grammar mistake (there may be more than one but I'm seeing the most obvious as I didn't take A level English ):



[source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-53797129 ]

Seems they need to downgrade them on evidence so far. [emoji14]

Spoler alert for those bad with the lamps: "Your from Eton". No wonder she's wearing a mask.

No proof they did either.



(The link you posted just lists the most recent stories including Ofquals disappearing appeals process.)

[Old Greg]

Spot the grammar mistake (there may be more than one but I'm seeing the most obvious as I didn't take A level English ):



[source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-53797129 ]

Seems they need to downgrade them on evidence so far.

Spoler alert for those bad with the lamps: "Your from Eton". No wonder she's wearing a mask.

Somewhat amusingly, there are no grammar mistakes.

[Uncle Albert]

Thankfully I’m not close enough to the A Levels to have a vested interest this year, my eldest is only about to start Year 10.

What stands out to me is this year there is a 2.4% rise in A*-C grade, which every other year would be met with equal amounts of photos of young girls jumping in the air, and also cries that the exams are getting too easy.

If the results weren’t adjusted down wouldn’t this number be even higher, and then there would be questions that the predicted grade were too generous?!

That rise is very much based on private schools who (in many cases) got given their predicted grades. It a different story elsewhere:

An analysis by the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) looked at 65,000 exam entries in 41 subjects from its members and found that grades were 20% lower than historic performances for similar students in those colleges.

The SFCA said it had not found a single one where the results were above the three-year average.

[SueEllen]

Thankfully I’m not close enough to the A Levels to have a vested interest this year, my eldest is only about to start Year 10.

What stands out to me is this year there is a 2.4% rise in A*-C grade, which every other year would be met with equal amounts of photos of young girls jumping in the air, and also cries that the exams are getting too easy.

If the results weren’t adjusted down wouldn’t this number be even higher, and then there would be questions that the predicted grade were too generous?!

Nope too many U grades.

https://twitter.com/michaelgoodier/s...520832/photo/1


If they use the same algorithm with GCSEs there will be a f***ing mess.

[SueEllen]

Less than 5 students - teacher predicted grades

5 - 15 students - teacher predicted grades given some weighting

Over 15 students - the algorithm used leading to too many U grades.

So 6 Form Colleges have lower results.


Government should be making an announcement as senior tories making a fuss.

[Hobosapien]

All this faffing about. Just give them all As, let them apply to whichever unis they want, and if the uni is fussy they can provide an entrance exam to keep the dimboes away. Sorted.

If the foreign students stay away that keep many unis afloat, the unis will take anyone willing to get into serious debt for the priviledge. £9k/year for all sorts of useless in real life courses, just to stay off the unemployed list for a few years longer.

[darmstadt]

Will we be seeing another Tory u-turn shortly or lose a few thousand voters at the next general election:

Gavin Williamson is drawing a line. After a week of unrelenting criticism from schools, Labour, the unions, Tory MPs and even Michael Gove’s wife, the journalist Sarah Vine, he is adamant that the A-level grading system is here to stay. “This is it,” the education secretary says. “No U-turn, no change.”

[SueEllen]

Scottish U turn [x]
NI U turn [ ] (only GCSEs)
Welsh U turn [x]
English U turn [ ]

[Old Greg]

Scottish U turn [x]
NI U turn [ ] (only GCSEs)
Welsh U turn [x]
English U turn [x]

Update above

[BABABlackSheep]

Update above

Guess they had no choice after wales and scotland.

Hope everyone gets what they deserve.

My lad, GCSE’s on Thursday.