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The Damaging Flaw In England’s Exam Grading System

When a student is informed of an exam grade, how can the student trust that the grade is reliable? Dennis Sherwood argues that Ofqual's appeals system has a fatal flaw.
A hall of secondary school students sitting an exam.

24th August 2023, is GCSE results day

Chris hardly dares to look.

Geography, grade 6. That’s good!

Physics, grade 7. Wow! Fantastic!

But then English, grade 3. Oh no! I’ve failed! I’ll have to re-sit! Disaster!

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