Sentences with phrase «raising grade boundaries»
A leading exam board has said all boards raised their grade boundaries for GCSE English this summer amid claims pupils have been marked too harshly.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
In a statement, the AQA said: «This summer, all the exam boards raised their grade boundaries for GCSE English in order to maintain standards.
In its final report on the controversy over this summer's GCSE English exam, Ofqual says external examiners had to raise grade boundaries as a result.
Not exact matches
This has raised concerns that this is causing anxiety for pupils in light of what has been put on social media and therefore this year's boundaries will be posted the same day that pupils get their grades.
But exam boards told reporters on Thursday that the C - D grade boundary had been raised by as much as 10 marks, or 10 % in some cases, during the examining period.
In particular the assessor's emails focus on the raising of the grade C boundary on the lower tier English exam paper by 10 marks between January and June.