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The 2021 #SQA exams were cancelled today, to the surprise of many – but this story has been brewing for a long time. Let us take you back nearly nine months…
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The 2021 #SQA exams were cancelled today, to the surprise of many – but this story has been brewing for a long time. Let us take you back nearly nine months…
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It was way back on 19 March that the *2020* exams were cancelled, as Covid-19 swept through Scotland. tes.com/news/coronavir…
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As early as 28 April, unions were calling for cancellation of the *2021* exams – here’s what @STTAunion had to say – which were already being described as “a monster [teachers] are not able to deliver”. tes.com/news/cancel-ne…
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SQA chief executive Fiona Robertson and SQA director of qualifications Gill Stewart about to face questions at @SP_EduSkills. FR making opening statement. Thread starts here. @TesScotland @tes @Emma_Seith #SQa #SQAresults #resultsday2020
Fiona Robertson: Historic school attainment had to form part of the moderation process but other factors also considered. "Schools and colleges were not seen as postcodes at all," she says.
Fiona Robertson: SQA was ready for higher volume of appeals and there has been "misreporting" around that.
#SQAResults Datatilsynet (the Norwegian ICO) has issued an "advance notification" to the International Baccalaureate Organization in respect of the grades awarded to IB students in Norway. The Advance notification is a preliminary stage prior to a final decision being taken. It
gives notice to the IBO that Datatilsynet is considering ordering the rectification of grades awarded. As with other qualification awarding bodies, the IBO faced a situation where examinations were cancelled as a result of COVID-19. They introduced an adjusted process for the
awarding of qualifications. This process consisted of three factors: (1) student coursework; (2) predicted grades from teachers; and (3) "school context". The final factor is essentially similar to what the #SQA did for Scottish exam results. Datatilsynet has taken a provisional
A few days and a shedload of ‘analysis’ later on the #SQA results, some observations come to mind. (1/)
There’s some misunderstanding about estimated grades – most pupils I suspect don’t have a clue what their estimate was. I certainly didn’t share any. Most will have some inkling from learner conversations throughout the year but those will be different. (2)
I suspect this could explain some of the "I was predicted an A but ended up with a D" stories. There doesn't seem to me to be anything in the SQA's model that would allow that kind of grade amendment to happen, and if it did, it's clearly an administrative error. (3)
