There is no evidence that the pandemic approach to assessment was less robust. It simply produced a different profile of results.
- Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice, Lancaster University
Grades in 2023 will be brought in line with those given in 2019.
The idea that exams exist to help universities and employers pick candidates is deeply entrenched – and misguided.
The UK government’s announcement on how students work will be graded is too little, too late.
The outcry over exam results has exposed underlying problems in how we assess educational performance.
This controversy shows that assessment is not neutral: the system used can clearly benefit some groups of pupils over others – it requires more than technical processes to ensure justice.
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