The Edexcel scandal - will they...?

Hey, I just wanted to have your views on that. Remember the Edexcel scandal with the p2 cheaters whcih was discovered thanks to UKL? Well, I was wondering, would they set a bit lower A-grade boundaries in order to make up or will they be ignorant fools and just carry on as nothing happened?

Its been over a month since the UKL Edexcel P2 scandel, and since that time there has been a release of "Edexcel News" (Issue 5) a magazine type thing available on the internet.

Does it admit to any failings ? Nope.

Did the Edexcel website at any time put a statement up about it's exam papers that were compromised (not just the P2 one) ? Nope.


Its almost as if, other than for press "soundbites" (a spokesperson for Edexcel said...... etc), nothing happened.

But I thought it wasn't Edexcels fault?

There comes a point where, as the ruling body, Edexcel has to take the blame.

AQA and OCR don't seem to have so many papers go missing, do they?

AQA and OCR don't seem to have so many papers go missing, do they?

Check out the link below to see the following exam papers from AQA, Edexcel and OCR which have been affected in this years A Level and AS Level examinations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3846711.stm

OK< but AQA nor OCR's have been published on the internet, have they

I don't believe they have been posted on the Internet, but that isn't the point. The fact is they have been tampered with and could still affect people who have taken these exam papers.

There comes a point where, as the ruling body, Edexcel has to take the blame.

AQA and OCR don't seem to have so many papers go missing, do they?

Thats true, but there also comes a point when students have to accept the possibilty that every bad grade they get isn't the fault of the exam board, Edexcel or otherwise.

One of the worst possible outcomes to this could be if following the publication of results, exam boards are pressured by students/schools into increasing grades unnecisarily. Although, to be fair, this is unlikely to be the case with something like Maths where the answers are either right or wrong.

perhaps im being naiive, but i dont think that THAT MANY will have cheated on the test, and have scored highly ( we are guessing) as result, to effect the overall percentage of people getting A's, B's, C's. etc.
people who without cheating would have got crap marks, may simply be easily noticed if they are trying to write answers from memory rather than understanding what they are writing.
secondly, people who have cheated who would have done "ok" without cheating, will not really affect the grade boundaries i wouldnt imagine as they may have done better or worse in the exam anyway....

any thoughts?

it wasnt edexcels fault, how could it have been. there shouldnt be allowed to be help forums for work. people should have to research themselves.