| | A-level results to be released next week
12 Jun 2003 by Malcolm Drury
DeadBrain has learned that in order to avoid last year's problems with A-levels, this year's results are to be released next week, even before all of the examinations have been completed.
Douglas Ramsbottom, a spokesman for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), said that this action was being taken in order to give head teachers of schools a head start in filing complaints and appeals. "The problems last year came to light so late in the summer that the uncertainties they caused seriously hampered the universities in making entrance offers," he said. "This year we hope to have everything resolved well before the start of the universities' new academic year."
Asked by our reporter how the marking is to be conducted, Mr. Ramsbottom explained: "Not all scripts will be marked, just a random, but statistically significant, sample from each school. Then we'll assign a random mark to all of the others from that school, based on that sampling. This should help reduce the competitive nature of the exams and eliminate the unfair advantage the more able students have in obtaining a university place."
Noting that this year examination boards have already been forced to reprint and reissue several exams because papers went missing en route, Mr. Ramsbottom added that the results would only be available by telephone from the QCA.
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