10th September 2012 13:06
By Blue Tutors
Uproar over GCSE English grades
After 2 decades of rising grade percentages this years exam grades have come as a big shock to pupils,parents and teachers alike.
BBC News reports (28/08/2012) that Head teachers are pressing for this summer's English GCSEs to be regraded amid a row over grade boundaries.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) estimates more than 10,000 teenagers in England and Wales received worse results than merited.
ASCL met with senior staff at the exams watchdog for England, Ofqual, on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the marking of the exams.
While it may be that Michael Gove has placed pressure on exam boards it seems no one was prepared for the actuality of lower results.
If people want exams that are tough to pass, fit for purpose, whatever that may be deemed to be then we are going to have to get used to years when fewer students pass, or achieve the grades they thought they deserved.