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tweetiepooh · 17-08-2020, 13:01

Who gets to make the choice? If teachers are biased towards their pupils and the "board" looks to correct that bias is that wrong?
If the government sought to interfere with the "board" in other situations would we hear complaints that they are seeking to bolster support and ignore the "experts" that are put in place?
The situation is unique (one hopes) but my understanding is that the "board" tried to normalise the teacher supplied grades taking into account past performance of the school, this should have then left a few outliers - students performing better than the school's performance would indicate and they should be easier to be dealt with.
Trouble is whatever model is used would advantage some and disadvantage others. The model used does seem to have lowered grades unexpectedly and for some by a large margin. Do we run a new model? Would that solve the problem? Girls tend to do better when marked over the teaching year and boys better in exams.
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The other thought is that if the uni's know how the model has adjusted grades they could adjust the offers.

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tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,292	Re: A-level and GCSE results fiasco. Who gets to make the choice? If teachers are biased towards their pupils and the "board" looks to correct that bias is that wrong? If the government sought to interfere with the "board" in other situations would we hear complaints that they are seeking to bolster support and ignore the "experts" that are put in place? The situation is unique (one hopes) but my understanding is that the "board" tried to normalise the teacher supplied grades taking into account past performance of the school, this should have then left a few outliers - students performing better than the school's performance would indicate and they should be easier to be dealt with. Trouble is whatever model is used would advantage some and disadvantage others. The model used does seem to have lowered grades unexpectedly and for some by a large margin. Do we run a new model? Would that solve the problem? Girls tend to do better when marked over the teaching year and boys better in exams. --- The other thought is that if the uni's know how the model has adjusted grades they could adjust the offers. __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.