Submitted on Thursday 13th August 2020
Rejected on Thursday 20th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Review the class-biased A-Level 2020 grading algorithm immediately.
The algorithm used to determine the A-level 2020 results has heavily impacted young people from poorer areas, schools and disadvantaged backgrounds regardless of their predicted grades. It unfairly lowers their grades, preventing them from accessing universities and socially climbing.
The grades of students attending affluent colleges and sixth forms are more likely to have been increased, whilst the results of students in lower social-economic situations or schools are being downgraded (The Guardian).
As a result, this reflects a view that only the rich are intelligent or worthy of A* and As, undermining the hard work of thousands of students for something beyond their control.
It is classism.
It is wrong.
The government must amend this error immediately.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: www.gov.uk/government/news/gcse-and-a-level-students-to-receive-centre-assessment-grades
Prior to this announcement being made, we had published the following petitions, calling for similar actions to your request:
Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491
Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773
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