{"id":32466,"date":"2021-02-25T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=32466"},"modified":"2021-02-25T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:08:38","slug":"teacher-assessed-grades-will-now-form-the-results-for-millions-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/teacher-assessed-grades-will-now-form-the-results-for-millions-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher-assessed grades will now form the results for millions of children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_32198\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/Empy-School-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by MChe Lee \/ Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The cancelled A-levels and GCSE\u2019s have been replaced with teacher-assessed grade giving schools the freedom to determine students grades by using mock papers and exams, along with coursework and essays.<\/p>\n<p>All exam boards will set optional assessments in every subject but they will not determine a student\u2019s final grade and pupils will not be\u00a0 assessed under traditional exam.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been ruled results will be published earlier in August to allow a greater time for students to appeal their grades if they are unhappy. The A-Levels will be released on 10 August and GCSE\u2019s on the 12 August. Teachers are also permitted to inform students of their results in any internal tests they sit before the end of term, but, are not allowed to tell them their final grades.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidelines have been put in place following the exams fiasco last summer which was governed by a government-generated algorithm and has been warmly received news from teachers and students.<\/p>\n<p>Schools will not be expected to keep in line with any of their previous results, which was was one of the parts of the algorithm that proved to be so controversial last year. Teachers will be expected to award grades based upon their professional judgement using the evidence they have available to them. Exam boards will check unusual grades and can investigate and change grades if they have any specific concerns about a schools results.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Education Policy Institute has warned that the plans for this year risk \u201cextremely high grade inflation\u201d which could lead to repercussions for results over the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cancelled A-levels and GCSE\u2019s have been replaced with teacher-assessed grade giving schools the freedom to determine students grades by using mock papers and exams, along with coursework and essays. 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