Thursday 18 August 2022 01:34 AM Exam grades need to drop to pre-pandemic rates to ensure 'robustness', schools ... trends now
Thursday 18 August 2022 01:34 AM Exam grades need to drop to pre-pandemic rates to ensure 'robustness', schools ... trends now
Exam grades need to drop to pre-pandemic rates to ensure 'robustness' in the system, schools minister says Schools minister defended this year's record drop in grades as preserving rigour Will Quince said 'businesses, employers, universities and young people' want it While it was right to allow 'exceptional measures' during Covid, they must cease In 2020 about 45 per cent of grades were A or A*, nearly double 2019 levels
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The schools minister yesterday defended this year’s record drop in grades, claiming even pupils want it.
Will Quince said restoring grading to pre-pandemic levels is needed to ensure ‘robustness and rigour’ in the system.
He said ‘businesses, employers, universities, and young people themselves’ have all told him this is
