2022 saw a return to the exam system for the first time in three years. Students have been through unprecedented times. This year’s A-level students were the first A-level cohort to have never sat GCSE exams (unless they took November assessments that year). Their GCSE year was 2020, when grades were applied based on CAG’s (centre assessed grades). In 2021 the system was slightly refined with the introduction of TAG’s (teacher assessed grades). 2020 and 2021 saw significant fluctuations in grade boundaries and results. This year’s exams mark the beginning of re-establishing pre-pandemic relationships between grade boundaries and results. Overall, the grade boundaries are expected to be lower than 2019, and grade boundaries will vary between subjects. Exam boards will use data from 2019 and 2021 as a starting point in establishing grade boundaries for 2022. The expectation is that results will be higher than in 2019, but lower than in 2021. OFQUAL announced in September that exam board grading in 2022 will reflect a mid-point between 2019 and 2021. The assessment system in 2022 is different to 2021, and most similar to 2019. The difference between now and 2019, is that this year exam boards released advance information for the 2022 exams. Although the approach this year is based on looking at a mid-point between 2019 and 2021 data, results are unlikely to be an exact mid-point between the two years.
The information in this blog is based on an OFQUAL blog from earlier this month. If you would like more information have a look at https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2022/07/06/exam-results-2022-10-things-to-know-about-gcse-as-and-a-level-grades
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