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Re:Why did the A-level algorithm say no? by viburnum on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:20PM (#24180916)
Nope, they excluded small schools (expensive private schools) from the algorithm.
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Re:Why did the A-level algorithm say no? by russholmes on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:49PM (#24181185)
Small classes are excluded, so as you say, biased towards private schools. My niece was hit by this but luckily still did well enough to get a place. She was attending a large school in a deprived area. Her coursework was A*, given predicted AAA but was downgraded to ABB.

The minister of education's reason for downgrading the grades was so that pupils did not end up in jobs they were not capable of doing. Delicious irony.

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Re:Why did the A-level algorithm say no? by switch007 on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:45PM (#24182025)
> The minister of education's reason for downgrading the grades was so that pupils did not end up in jobs they were not capable of doing. Delicious irony.

Fake news, sorry. https://fullfact.org/education/gavin-williamson-fake-quote/

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Re:Why did the A-level algorithm say no? by throwaway45349 on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:06PM (#24182798)
Colloquially, worth remembering: "exams don't get you jobs, they just prevent you from getting jobs."
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