I was s bit surprised they didn't close last week and this is only for two days for a cleanse.
I was s bit surprised they didn't close last week and this is only for two days for a cleanse.Some key information missing from that report. Between the initial positive tests and the closedown were the rest of the staff in self isolation or wandering around passing it on to people?
So were the teacher upgrades
Ah getchaI'm on about universities where so few actually miss their grades that they won't have places.
With the awarding of predicted grades, virtually all offers will be met. Most universities give out far more offers than they have places. So we'll end up with a situation where the top universities all have to give places to people that have made an offer to and no one will go to the lower ranked institutions. The universities wont be able to cope logistically!
Moreover, there will be a large number of students who will 'take a punt' at going for a better university next year, and they'll be competing with those who have to take exams next year.
Nobody misses out because a conditional offer is fulfiled.
At least they've made a u-turn, the car salesman must be dispatched from being SoS and given something a bit more in keeping with his intellect
not saying it's perfect but some of the down grades were scandalous.
Unlikely but if true what has he actually been doing?
If they were taking Spanish as a foreign language, is that a bit of a loophole anyway?there was a Spanish born, Spanish raised, Native Spanish speaker who was downgraded in his Spanish A-Level seemingly because he lives and took his exams in Luton.
What should have happened is that Ofqual/OFSTED/HMI should have been in schools ratifying and cross analysing these submissions months ago. A lot of schools have done a huge amount of quality assurance on these grades to make them as fair as possible. No doubt some schools will have taken advantage of this - but this could also have been mitigated at the start by OFSTED coming out and telling schools to expect their submissions to be analysed and be expected to be able to justify to an inspection team.
He wouldn’t understand the algorithm anyway. He set what he wanted at the start (similar results, independent schools not to be disadvantaged) and expected it to be done.
Unlikely but if true what has he actually been doing?
No it’s a home language exam - relatively common these days.If they were taking Spanish as a foreign language, is that a bit of a loophole anyway?
They wheeled out a guy from Ofqual to do the announcement/apology. Doesn’t even have the balls to do it himself.I can’t get my head around it being an excuse to say that he hadnt seen the algorithm that he has been saying all weekend was fair. He is accountable full stop. They are awful
I can’t get my head around it being an excuse to say that he hadnt seen the algorithm that he has been saying all weekend was fair. He is accountable full stop. They are awful
If they were taking Spanish as a foreign language, is that a bit of a loophole anyway?
In any normal government under any normal PM Williamson would be gone but I doubt anyone would be surprised if that doesn’t happen.
There’s always the danger of people being over promoted beyond their competence.....
I can’t get my head around it being an excuse to say that he hadnt seen the algorithm that he has been saying all weekend was fair. He is accountable full stop. They are awful
This will screw over competent students from next year who will have missed months of teaching and also have to take the exams. I'm all for the concessions but the grades from this 2020 cohort must be presented to employers in future as a 'teacher predicted' grade and only that. Also disadvantages the genuinely able from this year's cohort who won't be able to differentiate themselves.The truth is that if a decision seems unpopular they reverse it and that forms the basis of how they govern. Now he has done something that will tell all of my students what grade I thought they should get.
This will screw over competent students from next year who will have missed months of teaching and also have to take the exams. I'm all for the concessions but the grades from this 2020 cohort must be presented to employers in future as a 'teacher predicted' grade and only that. Also disadvantages the genuinely able from this year's cohort who won't be able to differentiate themselves.
There's going to be serious implications for comparability as lots of students will reapply in an attempt to get into a 'better' university.
Not necessarily as they have the option of either adjustment or to self release into clearing if they receive an offer from another, more preferred university.No one is going to reapply, they can only try and get to Universities that originally offered them conditional places./
All A levels can do is get you into a bottom rung position or uni. The kids are still going to have to work hard to make it and this is far better than being punished because of how many people were in you A-Level class.
Can’t imagine any member of this shameless government resigning. Williamson will just brazen it out.That will be the story. It will have been leaked. Williamson has got to resign
Not necessarily as they have the option of either adjustment or to self release into clearing if they receive an offer from another, more preferred university.
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The rumour now is that the OFS introduced cap on student numbers (home/EU only) is not going to be enforced and at least one Russell Group Uni is rumoured to already be 2000 students over the cap!!
I read this particular story and it’s utterly disgraceful! Her predicted grade was C but she was bottom of the ranking.
Read some of these stories and try not to be fucking angry - the girl who was downgraded to a U in maths because someone once got a U from her school and the "standardisation"decided some from her school needed to get a U this year
This is why I think certain schools may have had advance knowledge of how this would work.
This is a side effect of this change. It will create some problems - significantly less than before but I’m sure your rationale will have been spot on.The truth is that if a decision seems unpopular they reverse it and that forms the basis of how they govern. Now he has done something that will tell all of my students what grade I thought they should get.
I read this particular story and it’s utterly disgraceful! Her predicted grade was C but she was bottom of the ranking.
This just demonstrates about the lacking of basic competency here - if that’s gone through any kind of QA post algorithm it gets corrected.
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