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Originally Posted by jempalmer
The crux of this whole education "debate" is very simple. It does not matter how you grade the examinations, irrespective of which body is responsible for them. Teach those subjects properly. There is no point in altering the marks awarded if those responsible are also ill educated. I could cite innumerable examples with regard to how teachers are illiterate, innumerate and incompetent. Off my high horse now.
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A qualification that is based entirely on final exam performance should achieve precisely that. There are no opportunities to endlessly reproduce coursework until you get the right result if everything hangs on the final assessment. For the first time in decades, it's just possible that exam results in England might prove that school pupils have actually learned stuff ...