Students will get fewer top grades when results are announced this week because ministers are intent on ending grade inflation from the Covid pandemic
Around 25 per cent of students are expected to receive an A* or A in their A-Levels this year, down from a peak of 45 per cent in the pandemic as tougher marking systems are brought in to counteract grade inflation during the pandemic.
To bring grades back to pre-pandemic levels, experts at the University of Buckingham claim that 59,000 fewer A*s and 36,000 fewer As will need to be awarded this year. It means that students getting their results in 2023 are in effect suffering because of the high grades awarded during the pandemic, when student results were based on teacher predictions rather than exams and coursework.
“This is about fairness, and making sure we have a system that treats pupils fairly compared with previous years, and equally whatever background they come from, school they attend, or part of the country the grow up in,” she said.
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