Over 39% of grades in England are said to have been downgraded as the nation’s education officials grappled with determining results in a year in which exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.And working class students were more likely to see their grades marked down than well-off students, with analysis from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) finding that the number of private school grades of A and above rose by 4.7%.
Talking about the variation between teacher-estimated results and the final grades issued, Williamson told the Daily Telegraph: ‘If we didn’t [adjust them], we would have seen them shoot up, which would devalue the results for the class of 2020 and would clearly not be fair on the.
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