#Ofqual

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

This is Roger Taylor, chair of Ofqual and also the Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation. I wonder if he’s still keen to hear from people who have been affected

Jon Coles

JonColes01

The government is getting itself in a terrible tangle about assessment and qualifications. In truth, it always spells trouble in making policy when you’re as focused on what *can’t* or

Amy Gibbons

tweetsbyames

With #GCSE2020 results in just two days, where do we find ourselves now? There's been an awful lot of updates and U turns over the past week. For those feeling

Jonathan Mountstevens

MrMountstevens

Interesting responses to yesterday's @tes article about how GCSE and A Level results will be determined. Some angry that teachers grades will not be respected and others arguing that @ofqual

(((Frances *Cassandra* Coppola)))🕷️

Frances_Coppola

I'm tweeting this article again because I think it is so important. It shows that the maths in @OfQual's algorithm is fundamentally flawed. I suspected it was, because of the

Dr Philip Purvis

CroydonHighDHA

I’ve collected my thoughts and tweets on the resolution of the A level results saga in a thread. It felt cathartic to do so. Please do take a moment of

Matthew Keer

CaptainK77

My kid is deaf. He has an associated language disorder. He's brighter than I am. He works harder than I do. He's surmounted every barrier to learning thrown at him

Alex Weatherall

A_Weatherall

I was going to wait till tomorrow but I can't.The U grades (and other large drops) appear to be the result of a rounding issue when assigning ranked students to

gracie mae bradley

graciemaybe

two thoughts on this v welcome #UTurn1 - we know that algorithms magnify and entrench existing patterns of discrimination. getting rid of the algorithm is v welcome, but not enough.

Eduardo Ustaran

EUstaran

After today, the UK is likely to witness Europe’s greatest collective exercise of the Art. 22 #GDPR right not to be subject to fully automated decision-making that significantly affects individuals.

life after P-EX

lifeafterPEX1

My excluded son is so much more than a kid no school can be bothered to teach ...... a thread aimed at those who’ve already written him off in life

Mark Corver

markcorver

UCAS predicted grades deserve more attention in resolving #alevel2020 problems in university entry. Correctly handled, they give accurate and testable estimates of what students with a firm offer would likely

Jim Sweetman

jimbo9848

1 This is an attempt to establish pseudo examinations to con the public and satisfy the government. You would have hoped that there were people in Ofqual and the exam

Bruce McD

brucemcd23

Where was the 'urgency' to justify awarding contract without tender to Public First when the decision to cancel public exams was made in March ?Public First are Rachel Wolfe and

Chris Giles

ChrisGiles_

A thread on:Why we need an algorithm to help set A Level grades in 2021(After the past week, I'm honestly not being obtuse)1/ Yes, I understand that the choices made

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

I think A-level algorithm by design makes it impossible for any individual student to get A* grade if attend institution where predecessor students 2017-19 did not score A*. Being best

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