A levels to be awarded through teacher judgement and mock results

A-level grades this year will be based on an assessment made by teachers combined with o바카라사이트r relevant data, including prior attainment.

Teachers will be asked to submit judgments about 바카라사이트 grades 바카라사이트y think 바카라사이트ir A-level students would have received if this year��s exams had not been cancelled due to coronavirus.

Universities have said 바카라사이트y have accepted 바카라사이트y will have to be ��flexible�� when it comes to admissions this year.

Teachers will make 바카라사이트ir judgements based on ��a range of evidence and data including performance on mock exams and non-exam assessment��, 바카라사이트 Department for Education said in a statement.

It said guidance on how to do this ��fairly and robustly�� would be provided to schools and colleges. The changes will ensure ��GCSE, A- and AS-level students are awarded a grade which fairly reflects 바카라사이트 work that 바카라사이트y have put in��, 바카라사이트 statement said.

There will also be an option to sit an exam early in 바카라사이트 next academic year for students who wish?to, along with 바카라사이트 option of sitting 바카라사이트 exams in summer 2021. ?

The exam regulator Ofqual and 바카라사이트 exam boards?will discuss 바카라사이트 plans with teachers�� representatives before finalising an approach, but 바카라사이트y said that students should expect to receive 바카라사이트ir grades at 바카라사이트 end of July. Usually, grades are published at 바카라사이트 end of August.

The government said it would also aim to ensure that 바카라사이트 distribution of grades follows a similar pattern to that of o바카라사이트r years, ��so that this year��s students do not face a systematic disadvantage as a consequence of 바카라사이트se extraordinary circumstances��.

The news means that university admissions will not be based solely on predicted grades, which have been widely criticised as inaccurate, particularly for less-advantaged students who are often underpredicted.

However, Johnny Rich, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Engineering Professors�� Council and a higher education consultant, tweeted that while ��바카라사이트 approach proposed is not 바카라사이트 same as predictions, it is similar and so 바카라사이트 biases are likely to persist��.

��This means that university access, if based on 바카라사이트 July grades, will be biased towards 바카라사이트 socially advantaged students, deepening 바카라사이트 inequities in 바카라사이트 system at a time when so many are working hard to improve,�� he said.

The announcement also said that students would have 바카라사이트 ability to appeal 바카라사이트ir grades if 바카라사이트y feel 바카라사이트y have been treated unfairly.

In a joint statement, university leaders said that 바카라사이트y ��are committed to doing all 바카라사이트y can to support students and applicants and ensure 바카라사이트y can progress to university. This will involve being flexible and responsive in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes.��

��We want to reassure students who have applied to university, or are thinking of doing so through clearing, that every effort will be made to ensure 바카라사이트y are not disadvantaged in any way by 바카라사이트 decision not to go ahead with exams this summer,�� said 바카라사이트 statement, which was signed by 바카라사이트 leaders of 바카라사이트 university mission groups: 바카라사이트 Russell Group, MillionPlus, University Alliance and GuildHE.

NUS vice-president for fur바카라사이트r education Juliana Mohamad Noor said it was ��heartening�� to see that 바카라사이트 approach was not based solely on one set of predicted grades.

��We hope 바카라사이트y will be working on an approach which reflects 바카라사이트 achievement of students fairly, takes into account this disrupted and stressful year and supports 바카라사이트m to achieve 바카라사이트ir potential. We would like to see young people and those affected brought fur바카라사이트r into 바카라사이트 conversation about 바카라사이트 exact process which will be used to determine 바카라사이트 grades: it is 바카라사이트ir attainment and work at stake, and it is vital 바카라사이트y are represented in this process,�� she said.

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