Ofqual exam results algorithm
The Ofqual exam results algorithm was produced in 2020 by Ofqual designed to combat grade inflation to combat grade inflation, [1] It was applied to the A level and GCSE candidates in 2020, as formal examinations had been cancelled as part of the Corvid-19 lockdown measures.
The algorithm
- The examination centre provided a list of teacher predicted grades. (Centre assessed grades, CAGs)
- The students were listed in order.
- For large cohorts
- With exams with a large cohort; the previous results of the centre were consulted. For each previous year,the number of students getting each grade (A to U) is noted. A percentage average is taken.
- This distribution is then applied to the current years students-irrespective of their individual CAG.
- For small schools, and minority interest exams.
- The individual CAG is used unchanged [2]
References
- ^ Elgot, Jessica; Adams, Richard (19 August 2020). "Ofqual exam results algorithm was unlawful, says Labour". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Better reference sought