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I have no problem with the idea of down-weighting the entire national cohort to correct for this. The problem is that they actually weighted the results on a pe

• corin_ 6y ago
  Even down-weighting the entire national cohort... some kids have seen grades go from C (or B/C in one case) to U! A fail grade for an exam they weren't allowed to take. That would be an improvement if your luck of the draw was national rather than biased in favour of private schools, but it's still a pretty awful outcome. There may not have been any solution available that would be 100% fair to both this year and other year cohorts, but at the very least they should avoid making any student feel actively screwed over.