Announced that teachers are indeed going to decide the GCSE and A level grades. We have been asked to put the students in rank order and to do that we are using mock exams and topic test results.
Are mocks externality evaluated?
Really? Over here they announced that Leaving Cert & Junior Cert (A level & GCSE) will definitely be going ahead. Thats caused two things- mass panic in 16 & 18 yr olds who assumed exams were off and did no work, and secondly a barrage of questions about how they can do it, looks like it will be online exams.
No, they are prepared and marked by teachers.
With respect to the Irish bodies that’s unworkable.
Probably one for BSB but don't grade boundaries usually get set after making has taken place to ensure you don't get a sudden change due to the test itself changing year to year? If so you'd assume they would just apply the same principle.That is ridiculous- it’s going to inflate grades as it avoids potential reprisals
That is ridiculous- it’s going to inflate grades as it avoids potential reprisals
Probably one for BSB but don't grade boundaries usually get set after making has taken place to ensure you don't get a sudden change due to the test itself changing year to year? If so you'd assume they would just apply the same principle.
Not sure what EU freedom of movement has to do with a worldwide pandemic. In any case its not my job to come up with the solution, that's the role of government. I was simply pointing out that it is wrong to dismiss any failings of the government with 'no one could have predicted this' when it has been widely predicted for years.How Dave with freedom of movement across Europe and open borders would you have controlled it? The EU has a pandemic committee which folded as every country adopted its own strategies
Probably one for BSB but don't grade boundaries usually get set after making has taken place to ensure you don't get a sudden change due to the test itself changing year to year? If so you'd assume they would just apply the same principle.
What test was he referring to? I've only heard mention of the diagnostic test, to see if you currently have it, and the antibody test, to see if you have had it at any point.Hancock was referring to a different test which had too high a failure rate
I know nothing about this but I always thought that the marks were on a curve, so a certain proportion would get certain grades- I know that’s how it works with accountancy/ tax/ treasurers exams?
What test was he referring to? I've only heard mention of the diagnostic test, to see if you currently have it, and the antibody test, to see if you have had it at any point.
What test was he referring to? I've only heard mention of the diagnostic test, to see if you currently have it, and the antibody test, to see if you have had it at any point.
The boundaries are designed to roughly achieve that. But we are in unchartered territory here
The antibody test
Id be interested to be a fly in the wall of Mr Slacks house today
Trump certainly has questions to answer. Closing the White House pandemic office to save money isn't looking the smartest plan now. Also the Americans had an epidemiologist embedded in China’s disease control agency to ensure the information they got out of China was correct. That position was removed last July.There’s strong hints that the US government were warned around the same time that they were overdue for a pandemic disease going on the patterns of the past. Then in 2018 Trump sacked pandemic disease specialists in the belief it wouldn’t happen during his term.
Trump certainly has questions to answer. Closing the White House pandemic office to save money isn't looking the smartest plan now. Also the Americans had an epidemiologist embedded in China’s disease control agency to ensure the information they got out of China was correct. That position was removed last July.
He’s a clown. But we are using all of the test data we have, not just mocks. We will do it by the book and can just hope that other schools will as well plus hope for the moderation process to equalise anybody inflating grades
Climbing again will we see it hitting 1,000 before we reach peak in 2 weeks684 have now died, RIP
I think they always downgraded mocks to keep pupils alert and parents on their backs but also often predicted grades to suit the student and parents for their preferred choice
To be fair no one has said they will not increase, if they didn't increase we would of peakedClimbing again will we see it hitting 1,000 before we reach peak in 2 weeks
This year I assembled the mock and made it a realistic version of what they could expect. So the grades they got in those were quite likely what they would expect to get in the end. The grade distribution we got was nearly the same as last year’s cohort in the real thing.
Is that the school you were educated in?
Nope I don’t work there. I applied as a PGCE student but didn’t get the job
Fair enough. If there's no work to do then no need for them to be working. Also worth highlighting the club are paying the 20% the government isn't paying so all staff will get their full salary.
Not sure furloughing is going to work out like the government expected. There's an article on the BBC site that says the Treasury expectation was for 10% of private companies to make use of the scheme but polling results give 44% of companies saying they will furlough at least half of their employees.
I think that’s the strategy they operate - one of mine did allegedly awful at mocks - one was an E I think and ended up AAB
Our prediction rate is pretty accurate-out of 50 A level students only 3 were more than a grade outside of prediction. KH8 was far better run under George Fisher and the slide since hasn’t been pretty watching
Yes it went really downhill after Fisher left
4450 new cases
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