Submitted on Thursday 13th August 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 26th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Urgently review the moderation process for June 2020 ‘examination’ results
Thoroughly review the integrity of the moderation process used to award final grades to students and ensure that it is completely free of charge for any student to appeal their result if it is lower than predicted.
Teachers were instructed to predict grades based on evidence such as mock exams, coursework, class performance and professional judgement. Extensive evidence was used to predict grades as fairly as possible in the unprecedented circumstances. However, a skewed moderation process has seen 40% of A Level results downgraded. Although grades across the board are statistically slightly higher than previous years, the majority of this increase was seen by independent schools. Children from economically deprived areas and schools viewed as ‘lower attaining’ have taken the brunt of lowered grades. This discrimination determines young futures using factors that are irrelevant to individual performance and accentuates disparity in education. We cannot let students down in this unjust way.
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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
Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334013
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