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GCSE Grading & Class Rankings - News

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Flossiefoo · 18/05/2020 19:02

Has anyone heard today or recently that teachers are to submit class rankings for each subject as opposed to submitting a grade they would expect a pupil to have achieved if siting the exam proper ?

I was under the impression that the class rankings were in addition to a grade submission to the examinations board.

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CandleNoBra · 18/05/2020 19:26

This is what our school said:

“To make sure that grades are as fair as possible across schools and colleges, exam boards will put all centre assessment grades through a process of standardisation using a model being developed with Ofqual. We expect it will look at evidence such as the expected national outcomes for this year’s students, the prior attainment of students at each school and college (at cohort, not individual level), and the results of the school or college in recent years. It will not change the rank order of students within each centre; nor will it assume that the distribution of grades in each subject or centre should be the same. The process will also recognise the past performance of schools and colleges. However, if grading judgements in some schools and colleges appear to be more severe or generous than others, exam boards will adjust the grades of some or all of those students upwards or downwards accordingly.”

Make of that what you will.

TeenPlusTwenties · 18/05/2020 19:10

It is grade and ranking within that grade, per school. Isn't it?

Where have you heard they aren't submitting grades?
How on earth would that work for low entry subjects such as drama where a school's cohort could vary year by year?

PerspicaciaTick · 18/05/2020 19:08

Where did you hear this?

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