UNCOVERED: 1 in 4 EXAM GRADES IS WRONG
'An important contribution to our thinking.' - Sixth Form Colleges
Association
'An uncomfortable but important read.' - Headmasters' and
Headmistresses' Conference
'Everyone in UK education should reflect upon the problems identified
in this powerful book' - Higher Education Policy Institute
Every summer one million GCSE and A-Level candidates receive results
that define their school years and set them up for their life. But those
results are gravely unreliable.
In fact, about one grade in four in England is WRONG. That is 1.5
million grades every year.
An A-Level grade B might have been an A, or even a C, had a different
examiner marked the script. Similarly, a GCSE grade 7 might have
received a grade 8 or a 6.
For a decade, young people and their friends and families have been
unable to grasp the full extent of this randomness. Now, in this
definitive and easy to follow book, Dennis Sherwood explains why so many
pupils receive final grades that don't do them justice. And he suggests
ways to regain trust, which apply to essay-based exams throughout the
world.