The draft model for A level results

The draft model for A level results

The US football draft is an interesting model of A level  exam results.

With teams choosing the 200 or so most promising players out of college. They are then given a rank and whoever is placed in the league table the previous season gets the order of choice for the ranked players. Results in teams increasingly being equal to allow for good competition as there is a spread of good players amongst the top teams.

On the simplest level, If universities banded together, could there be a way in which pupils' A level exam results are fed into a system that generates a league table of A level exam results. These exam results of pupils are then placed against the university league table. Giving a window of opportunity for universities to choose their next year's entrance. With a different matrix mix each year depending on the last year performance, the A level draft would provide for a balanced university application process amongst the university elites.

While giving pupils the chance to have a go at universities they thought they might not be considered for and compete academically on behalf of the university.

This whole process is designed for healthy competition through the league results each year. You could argue that in the UK the UCAS system for Oxford and Cambridge as well as highly competitive private schools at 11 plus and common entrance have similar attributes. Sally does elude to this a little in the previous blog. Although the poor and variation is bigger.

If the academic league tables are on equal footing then the true performance of each university would be measured equally against the others.