Ofqual 'urged exam board to change GCSE grades'

The regulator wrote to Edexcel in early Aug amid concerns there would be a arise in C grades and called on a house to furnish formula that were closer to a predictions.

Edexcel responded by observant there was “compelling evidence” that a strange awards were “fair”. But Ofqual insisted that a house was thankful to safeguard formula were unchanging with other examination boards, adding: “It is for we to confirm how that is achieved.”

The letters leaked to a Times Educational Supplement (TES) were published forward of a cross-party assembly of a preparation name committee, that will be questioning imprinting during this year’s GCSE exams.

GCSE grades went down in 2012 for a initial time ever, and headteachers

Read full article: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/as-good-as-it-gets-could-be-but-golden-girl-ennis-has-no-plans-to-jack-in-yet-8008933.html

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http://www.ezonearticle.com/2012/09/11/ofqual-urged-exam-board-to-change-gcse-grades-2/