This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Scrap the A-Level and GCSE testing system
I want the Government to scrap the algorithms used to award A-Level and GCSE grades and revert, for this academic year, to predicted grades provided by schools.
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The current system lacks fairness. It unjustly affects individuals based on where they go to school. It is arbitrary in its impact, and lacks a transparent and justified connection with the real efforts of individuals. It is demonstrably discriminatory, even if that is not the intention. The algorithm reflects the Government's decision to prioritise the overall pattern of results, disregarding the exceptional circumstances of 2020, at the expense of the interests of students and society.
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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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