It’s The Teachers Fault
This report says that the reason for the GCSE results fiasco, was that teachers marked course work too generously.
Surprise! Surprise!
It just illustrates the dangers of using course work to grade results in exams, that was pointed out by so many experts before the practice was introduced.
I might have benefited from course work in my English O level,but I doubt it, as it wasn’t my strongest subject. But at least I performed well enough in exams to just get a pass in both English Language and English Literature.
The Anonymous Widower 
course work teaches different skills to exams, and often more useful skills – but the marking of it has to be fair. Which means externally assessed.
Comment by Liz P | November 2, 2012 |