Rejected petition A fairer grading system for this years GCSE and A-level students.

The scrap the algorithm put forwards to determine grades. Students shouldn’t be disadvantaged by a statistical model of their schools results.

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To recognise the system is flawed and unfair and the downgrading of state school pupils is reducing social mobility and giving giving further advantage to private school pupil who are not more able.

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Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: https://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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491

Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773

Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334013

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Date submitted 14 August 2020
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