Micheal Gove Exam 2020 Comments

Micheal Gove Exam 2020 Comments

Micheal Gove who famously became education sec. and called the department and the industry the blob. Has retweeted a blog piece for the Gov.uk Website. Debasing the arguments that the Government failed to take into account teacher’s opinion.

For the record Govey was doing an excellent job at the department. We need to go further and faster in the reforms.

https://dfemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/08/14/misleading-a-level-claims-debunked/

Claim: 40% of pupils had their grades downgraded.

Answer: Teachers are naturally optimistic. The standardisation model included in looking at the Key Stage results of the school and took a view on the cohort.

Claim: The Government doesn’t trust teachers Answer: Teachers are excellent educators. Examining less so.

Claim: The standardisation model was introduced by the Government without consultation

Answer: Ofqual asked the whole industry. Mostly the unions replied!

Claim: the standardisation model disproportionately affects pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds

The model was blind to the different types of schools irrespective of what or where they are. The trouble for the critics was standardisation used historical data…..

Claim: pupils this year will be thought of differently to other years

standardisation used historical data. Making it comparable to the past. The whole standardisation exercise was dragging the past to the present.

Claim: The appeals process hasn’t been set out yet

Ofqual have no idea what the appeals will look like

Claim: Grades could go down as the result of an appeal

Definitely not as now politics beats reality.