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Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former Ofsted chief inspector, has called for England to follow the example of Scotland and Northern Ireland by making teacher assessments the basis for awarding grades.
Speaking to Radio 4 Today programme he warned that Gavin Williamson is “losing the confidence of headteachers around the country.”
It’s quite something when Tory MPs are openly calling for govt to follow Scottish example and use predicted grades
Here’s Robert Syms again: ‘There is real risk of Tory MPs going on the warpath
‘In the current situation, we ought to err on the side of allowing grade inflation’
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The Tory backbencher, Michael Fabricant, has backed calls for the exam algorithm to be recalibrated.
If, as a contributor to @BBCr4today suggested, there is a fault in the À Level predictor algorithm AND it is known how to correct it, the algorithm should be corrected and the computer made to crunch the results again as quickly as possible.
Continue reading…Follow the latest on the coronavirus outbreak in the UK as the government faces pressure over the A-levels and GCSEs exam grading crisis in England and its plans to scrap Public Health EnglandBoris Johnson urged to intervene as exam results anger escalatesOfqual ‘blindsided’ government by revoking A-level appeals processFollow the latest global live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 9.23am BSTSir Michael Wilshaw, the former Ofsted chief inspector, has called for England to follow the example of Scotland and Northern Ireland by making teacher assessments the basis for awarding grades. Speaking to Radio 4 Today programme he warned that Gavin Williamson is “losing the confidence of headteachers around the country.” It’s quite something when Tory MPs are openly calling for govt to follow Scottish example and use predicted gradesHere’s Robert Syms again: ‘There is real risk of Tory MPs going on the warpath’In the current situation, we ought to err on the side of allowing grade inflation’ 9.06am BSTThe Tory backbencher, Michael Fabricant, has backed calls for the exam algorithm to be recalibrated. If, as a contributor to @BBCr4today suggested, there is a fault in the À Level predictor algorithm AND it is known how to correct it, the algorithm should be corrected and the computer made to crunch the results again as quickly as possible. Continue reading…