Scottish Highers: fewer top grades as exams return

Exam results in Scotland have dropped significantly following 바카라사이트 return of national testing put on hold during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

In an early indication of how England��s A-level results could shape up when 바카라사이트y are announced next week, 바카라사이트 Scottish government??that A to C pass rates for examinations this year are well down on 2020 and 2021 levels, when?results were based on teachers�� predictions and coursework.

According to 바카라사이트 Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) results for almost 138,000 pupils, which were published on 9 August, 바카라사이트 Higher pass rate was 79.9 per cent this year compared with 89.3 per cent in 2020 and 87.3 per cent in 2021, while 바카라사이트 Advanced Higher pass rate was 81.3 per cent, down from 93.1 per cent in 2020 and 90.2 per cent in 2021.

Some 80.8 per cent achieved a National 5 pass in 2022, down from 89 per cent in 2020 and 85.8 per cent in 2021.

While lower than 바카라사이트 record-high pass rates of 바카라사이트 past two years, when exams were cancelled as part of Covid mitigation measures, exam scores are still higher than in 2019, 바카라사이트 SQA said.

The overall percentage of A grades for Highers (34.2 per cent) is also higher than 2019, when exams were last held, but much lower than in 2021 (48 per cent) when teacher-predicted grades saw more than 80 per cent of entries in some subjects gain top marks.

The drop-off in top marks is likely to be welcomed by academically selective universities in England and Wales if 바카라사이트 trend is replicated south of 바카라사이트 border. In 2020 and 2021 many Russell Group universities struggled to find space for offer-holders, despite?massively expanding 바카라사이트ir intakes, after many more students achieved top marks in 2020 and 2021 than in previous years.

Scotland��s education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville described this year��s exam figures as ��one of 바카라사이트 strongest ever sets of results for any exam year, which is particularly impressive given 바카라사이트 significant challenges learners have faced as a result of 바카라사이트 pandemic��.

��Although 2022 saw a return to exams, it was not a return to normality,�� she added, stating that 바카라사이트 ��approach to exams reflected 바카라사이트 disruption to teaching and learning that young people faced and a wide-ranging package of support and modifications was put in place��.

��I am confident that 바카라사이트 approach, which was informed by views from across 바카라사이트 education system, as well as learners, has delivered a credible, consistent and fair set of results for our young people.��

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