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Re:Why did the A-level algorithm say no? by pjc50 on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:28PM (#24180990)
Marks aren't awarded by the school per se, they're awarded by one of the agencies such as AQA. This results in a lot of angry and upset teachers as the marks just received are a surprise to them too.

The Scottish government SQA has already backed down on its "adjustment" and agreed to use estimated marks from teachers and mock exams.

Re:Why did the A-level algorithm say no? by macspoofing on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:53PM (#24181202)
>The Scottish government SQA has already backed down on its "adjustment" and agreed to use estimated marks from teachers and mock exams.

And you think that's more fair? Because to me that is a way worse method of ranking. Mark inflation exists and vary by school. That's a fact. Schools will low academic performance are more guilty of this because all schools and teachers will inevitably grade on a scale relative to other students in that school.

Listen, you can do whatever you want. The reality is that there are more applicants than there are seats at the universities. You can give everyone an 'A' and it won't change the fact that the same amount of students are going to get those spots. The method adopted by the Scottish government punishes students for going to schools and having teachers that don't inflate their marks.