"Poor exam marking could see A grade answers be given an E"

Nothing like scaremongering.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4719276/amp/Poor-exam-marking-gives-grade-answers-Es.html

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Reply 1

username1801813

bro we're already stressed allow it pleeeeaaaaase

Reply 2

eden3

lol sucks to be a current A-level student... luckily those days are long behind me :lol:

Reply 3

Gerry-Atricks

Original post by hamzakalinle

bro we're already stressed allow it pleeeeaaaaase

Lmao 😂😂

Reply 4

SufyaanShah

bruv that's bull, why is it that I have to pay the examiners to remark my work and IF they find out they "made a mistake", I only get the money I paid for. Some examiners need to get slapped up, I'm taking a gamble here by giving them my money, watch once they have to start giving their own money to students they nearly ****ed up then watch they'll be more careful.

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Original post by sulaimanali

@Reality Check

He'll have a field day with this thread.

Reply 7

Blue_Cow

I like how the headline gives the most extreme example...

"Last year saw 16,030 A-level papers bumped up one grade – for example, from a D to C. But in up to five cases it increased by four grades – potentially producing a rise from an E to an A."

Yeah - Scare everyone in the headline but then bury the crucial stats mid-way knowing that most people will ignore it. Great journalism.

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Reply 8

sulaimanali

@Dwarf-Shortage :colone:

Reply 9

Gerry-Atricks

Original post by Blue_Cow

I like how the headline gives the most extreme example...

Last year saw 16,030 A-level papers bumped up one grade – for example, from a D to C. But in up to five cases it increased by four grades – potentially producing a rise from an E to an A.

Lol ikr rather fantastical, still one grade missing isn't ideal either if you have a very high offer.

Reply 10

Blue_Cow

Original post by Dwarf-Shortage

Lol ikr rather fantastical, still one grade missing isn't ideal either if you have a very high offer.

Very true indeed.
PRSOM btw.

Reply 11

NotNotBatman

Sensationalist articles regarding results are always written at this time of year. And it is the daily mail, so just ignore it.

Reply 12

MR1999

Original post by Blue_Cow

PRSOM.

But is it so surprising? Their headline sounds much more outrageous so it's more likely to get views.

Would you read an article that had this headline: '5 out of 7.7 million scripts were bumped up four grades.'?

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Reply 13

Kravence

"Changes of 2 or more grades are very rare, amounting to only around 400 in over 7.7m grades in 2016"

enough said there

Reply 14

Gerry-Atricks

Original post by Blue_Cow

Very true indeed.
PRSOM btw.

You too.
Imagine being one of those 5 on track for an A and get an E,I'd cry

Reply 15

username3441700

This isn helping my anxiety.

Reply 16

Blue_Cow

Original post by Desmos

PRSOM.

But is it so surprising? Their headline sounds much more outrageous so it's more likely to get views

True - I expect nothing less from the Daily ****rag. Clickbaiting *******s.

Then again it seems like most news outlets do this these days D:

Reply 17

Blue_Cow

Original post by Dwarf-Shortage

You too.
Imagine being one of those 5 on track for an A and get an E,I'd cry

The school would probably pay for a remark themselves tbh.

Reply 18

Gerry-Atricks

Original post by Kravence

"Changes of 2 or more grades are very rare, amounting to only around 400 in over 7.7m grades in 2016"

enough said there

Wouldn't say that if you were one of the 400 whose A became a C?

Yes I'm playing devil's advocate,I'm bored

Reply 19

Gerry-Atricks

My point isn't that current students waiting for results should be worried (they shouldn't these cases are rare), just that there's something quite wrong in the marking or grade processing system if it's even possible to mismark by 40%