Grade boundaries to be lowered 2018

Some good news for anyone recieving their results on Thursday (tomorrow now, eek!)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/08/12/pass-marks-set-lowered-new-tougher-a-levels-guinea-pig-students/

Reply 1

username4167452

Original post by rilakkumax1

Some good news for anyone recieving their results on Thursday (tomorrow now, eek!)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/08/12/pass-marks-set-lowered-new-tougher-a-levels-guinea-pig-students/

Do you think it’ll apply to new gcses too?

Reply 2

RedGiant

Doesn't really provide any new information, Ofqual have said that for a while now. Bit clickbaity.

Reply 3

rilakkumax1

Original post by Shalommmmmmmm

Do you think it’ll apply to new gcses too?

I'm not sure, I just saw this article and what Ofqual had commented I'm sorry

Reply 4

rilakkumax1

Original post by RedGiant

Doesn't really provide any new information, Ofqual have said that for a while now. Bit clickbaity.

Oh I wasn't aware they had said this for a while, just saw the article and thought it would be nice to share. Don't think it's clickbait, I'm sure some will be glad to know

Reply 5

RedGiant

Original post by rilakkumax1

Oh I wasn't aware they had said this for a while, just saw the article and thought it would be nice to share. Don't think it's clickbait, I'm sure some will be glad to know

You can see what Ofqual officially state here: https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/

This sort of article gets made every year when there's a change in the exam system, same thing happened with the new 9-1 grade boundaries. Nothing wrong with it really, just saying it doesn't contain any secret information implying everyone will get As and A*s.

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 6

rilakkumax1

Original post by RedGiant

Thank you

Reply 7

FloralHybrid

That’s their way of saying “everyone’s done worse than before so we’ll dish out the same proportion of grades as we did last year so nobody complains”