[nicoburns]

> There isn't really any fairer way that doesn't lead to grade inflation when there is an element of dishonesty/optimism on the part of teachers.

IMO it's much better just to swallow the grade inflation for a year. It will naturally reset itself next year (when exams will be sat again), and the negative effect from it are pretty minimal.

The algorithm is based on the assumption that performance of successive school years at a given school is roughly consistent, not only as an average but as a distribution. And that assumption simply doesn't hold.

[MaxBarraclough]

> IMO it's much better just to swallow the grade inflation for a year

You're not alone, this is the thinking they're using. [0]

> the negative effect from it are pretty minimal

That doesn't sound right. Top-flight students will be disadvantaged.

[0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53810655

[pbhjpbhj]

>The algorithm is based on the assumption that performance of successive school years at a given school is roughly consistent, not only as an average but as a distribution. And that assumption simply doesn't hold. //

It seems likely to hold pretty consistently.

What's the variation?

[londons_explore]

> IMO it's much better just to swallow the grade inflation for a year.

When hiring, I'll be crossing off any qualifications earned in 2020. As well as the results being 'fake', the actual learning was in most cases not being done because the students knew they could chill at home and not learn. Sure, some students were studying, but as an employer I don't want to take that risk.

Would you want your doctor to be the one who messed around on TikTok for the whole year of his final exams?

[tonyedgecombe]

>Would you want your doctor to be the one who messed around on TikTok for the whole year of his final exams?

Well they still have six years of medical school to get through. Perhaps the dropout rate for that will be higher.