JPT Consulting. Educationalist, Leader, Speaker, Adventurer. Former Master of Wellington College. Part-time polar explorer, desert runner and Atlantic rower.
London, England
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In the modern age with high accuracy weather forecasts, when we KNOW that rain will curtail a test match, why don’t we play on while the light is good on the days with no rain?
Tearing my hair out!
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Can someone from #edutwitter point me back to the thread which lists all of the things that newspapers, magazines and commentators have said should be part of a school’s curriculum?
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Ofqual and the DfE have done months of planning for the all too likely scenario of a mid-year exams cancellation, haven’t they? Haven’t they?
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BREAKING: Government #Uturn means both A levels and GCSEs will be awarded based on teacher-assessed grades. Students will receive whichever is higher: CAGs or moderated grades. #alevels2020 #GCSE2020
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All A level and GCSE pupils in England to get teacher assessed grades -- announcement 4pm sources tell @thetimes
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BREAKING: Gavin Williamson to perform a full U-turn and award teachers' predicted grades for both A-levels and GCSEs. This will be announced at 4pm #alevels2020 #alevels #gcses2020 #gcseresults #exams
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We listened carefully to our #IB community. Students health and their progression are important to us as we continue to face #COVID19. Read a new #IBresults update about the DP and CP review and changes we are soon introducing: bit.ly/3467tWR
Huge announcement from the @iborganization. Students results will be adjusted to the Internal Assessment result. This will affect a huge number of students across the world.
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Yes, true. Completely agree Julian. Many individual injustices this year, which the column references. But I'm keen that we don't lose sight of the longer-term injustice of grade inflation.
Thank you, Paul. The best explanation I have seen.
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And with that, the “triple lock” has been blown wide open. CAG considered more important than the mock, mock considered more important than the algorithm, algorithm considered more important than the CAG!
If you are mystified about yesterday’s results, this may help.
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You need to follow Julian’s thread but (a mathematician) he does know what he’s talking about and is right
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'This is a line-in-the-sand moment. We have to do better than this for young people whose lives have already undergone such massive disruption as a result of coronavirus. They should not be left with today’s bleak legacy,' says @realgeoffbarton tes.com/news/i-have-never-se…
My issues with today’s A Level results in a nutshell.
The problem is not that the algorithms have done a bad job of standardising grades on a national level. It is clear that in this respect, they have worked. (1/ )
The idea is being put forward that 60% being within one grade of the prediction is somehow a success. 3 A Levels, potentially 3 grades dropped = total heartache. (6/ )