UK Government Reverses Exam Results Decision Amid Algorithm ‘Anomalies’

UK Government Reverses Exam Results Decision Amid Algorithm ‘Anomalies’
A file photo shows Britain's Education Secretary Gavin Williamson seen at Downing Street in London, on Dec.17, 2019. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Mary Clark
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Britain’s education secretary has reversed a decision over how to grade this year’s school exams in England, rejecting the grading system that had replaced the tests cancelled because of the ongoing CCP virus pandemic.

On Monday, the government shelved a mathematical model used by exam regulator Ofqual to moderate and standardize the student grade predictions, called Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs), that were made and submitted to Ofqual by teachers.