Half a million pupils are getting their results, amid a switch to
a new numerical grading system and tougher exams in England.
The current Year 11s will get English and maths results under
the new numerical grading scheme and the rest of their options will be graded A * - G.
A standard pass is considered to be a C or higher, under the previous alphabetical system, of a four or above under
the new numerical grading system.
Over a third of businesses do not know that
the new numerical grading system for GCSEs in English and maths is being implemented next month.
Not exact matches
A
new grading system will also be introduced, using a
numerical system from 1 - 9 instead of the traditional A-C system.
Around 70 per cent of parents and pupils surveyed by the exams regulator Ofqual did not understand the
new numerical GCSE
grading system.
According to The Independent, students taking their exams this year, which are the first to be
graded through a
new numerical system opposed to the traditional A * - G, «should expect discrepancies within their results».
A fifth of parents and carers are unaware of the
new numerical 9 - 1
grading system which is replacing the original A * to G scheme.
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The current Year 10 students will then sit most of their GCSEs under the
new system, but they might have some under the old system, for example if they are taking ancient history or ICT, while those pupils now in Year 9 will be fully «moved over» on to the
numerical grading system.
The results showed that under the
new numerical GCSE
grades, the average maths result of pupils eligible for FSM in England is 3.8, just under the standard pass mark of 4.
A quarter of all
grades were at A * / A or their
new numerical equivalent, with four times as many students getting the
new top 9
grade in English or in Maths as the national average.
Ms Stacey said the move to a
numerical system meant a
new grade was being added and that would help examiners distinguish between candidates» performance - especially at the top
grades.
Summary: This brief article explores the concept of replacing
numerical grades with a qualitative narrative following some
new business practices by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft.