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‘A’level results, not a level playing field.

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Nandalot Fri 14-Aug-20 19:42:20

After having their education badly disrupted this year’s cohort of ‘A’ level students now have to suffer the rather ill thought out awarding of grades. Many students have had their predicted grades downgraded. Yes, I can imagine there might have been over generous predictions from teachers but whatever algorithm was used to award the final grades seems to penalise unfairly those from a disadvantaged background.
In contrast, A and A* grades increased by 4.7% in the independent sector.
www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/13/england-a-level-downgrades-hit-pupils-from-disadvantaged-areas-hardest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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growstuff Tue 18-Aug-20 15:24:10

Yes, we talked about Goethe and gin.

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biba70 Sun 23-Aug-20 10:57:24

It was clear for quite some time that it was going to be a mess. And Gavin Williamson, knowing that full well- did nto attend the meetings to try and sort it out with experts in the field and representatives from the teaching profession. He went on holiday instead, at the crucial time.

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