Ofqual questioned on summer exam results
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The Education Committee questions officials from the exams regulator Ofqual on the errors made in the process of awarding this summers exam grades and how students who have been adversely impacted are now being supported.
Key Points:
- The Education Committee questions officials from the exams regulator Ofqual on the errors made in the process of awarding this summers exam grades and how students who have been adversely impacted are now being supported.
- Ofqual developed the system for awarding grades after this summers exams were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- On July 11, a report from the Education Committee warned that the system could be unfair on certain groups, including disadvantaged students.
- The Committee called on Ofqual to publish its standardisation model.