A-level and GCSE exam changes in England 2022: What does it mean for you?

i think A level art is just based on portfolios.

yeah looks ok so far.

yeah im in year 11 and i was in lockdown from yr 9 when we started the GCSE content. When i tell you my year group are behind on the curriculum in year 11 because of the amount of isolation we had... its beyond me. And lets be real nobody really learned anything over lockdown AT ALL. But these changes do seem fair and reasonable to an extent and im quite glad tbh

Although don’t forget that they will artificially set the grade boundaries to wherever is required to get the right grade distribution, which as they said will be the the midpoint between 2019 and the grade inflation of the last 2 years. So them making the tests easier won’t actually improve people grades, but I guess should help with stress.

Can I ask, are you doing any of the exams this year?

No, but I’m a parent of someone who is, and have done a lot of research.

Well we shall see, personally i dont think its fair setting the grade boundaries at a fixed point. Ultimately the people who make the rules are regulated by the same people who ignored their own decisions last Christmas and turned on themselves to release some steam...

OP can you please attach your source of information for these changes?

These changes happened 3 months ago, how have you not seen an article on it by now

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-contingency-arrangements-for-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-summer-2022

I'm an international student so I dont read UK news heh. Im also taking AQA which is a UK board unlike CIE... so I'm confused as to whether this applies to me...

Thanks for the link!