Across all subjects, and across A level, AS and GCSE, about 1 grade in every 4, as awarded this August, is WRONG. That amounts to over 1.5 million wrong grades this year. But no-one knows which specific grades, or to which specific candidates. So maybe your DD or DS is an unwitting victim.
In response to a hum-dinger of an article on the front page of the Sunday Times on 11 August (www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/revealed-a-level-results-are-48-wrong-xsj33jvnh), Ofqual immediately posted a statement on their website (www.gov.uk/government/news/response-to-sunday-times-story-about-a-level-grades) which includes these words
"more than one grade could well be a legitimate reflection of a student’s performance ".
You might like to read that again, and think about it.
I think that what they are saying is "“grade [X], in subject [Y], is just one possible legitimate reflection of your performance, but there are others too - though we’re not telling you what those other grades might be, or whether they are higher or lower”.
To me, this is outrageous. And if you think so too, please complete the very brief survey on //www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/gradereliability.
If you would like more information, and to check the evidence, click on //www.hepi.ac.uk/2019/08/15/dear-ofqual-%EF%BB%BF/ and follow the embedded links...
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More that 1.5 million wrong grades will be awarded at A level, AS and GCSE this year
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dennishsherwood · 18/08/2019 19:01
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