Westminster’s U-turn over exam grades is a case study in how not to use algorithms
With no actual data, the government fell foul of the “garbage in, garbage out” problem.
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The A-level fiasco shows why Boris Johnson is profoundly unfit to be Prime Minister
It is becoming daily more apparent that Johnson is weak, lazy, disorganised – and out of his depth.
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The A-level debacle shows why coursework and AS-levels should never have been scrapped
The all-or-nothing education system introduced by Michael Gove was always bound to fail at some point.
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The A-level results injustice shows why algorithms are never neutral
Statistical models reflect racial, gender and class inequalities and replicate them as data patterns.
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A majority of UK voters think that teachers alone should set this year’s exam results
Across every UK nation and region, a majority believe that grades should be set by assessment, not moderation.
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Top A-level grades soar at private schools as sixth form colleges lose out
The number of grades at A and above rose by 4.7 points in private schools but by just 0.3 points…
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Leader: The education debacle
By September most children in the UK will have been absent from school for six months, which has magnified educational…
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Gavin Williamson is a bystander in England’s exams row – but not for the reason you think
All four governments’ original sin is seeing the problem as one that secondary schools and the exams watchdog can solve.
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