I suppose what you don't want is to publish everyone's exam results, and then have one of your helpful academics say "oh, but of course these results are rubbis

I suppose what you don't want is to publish everyone's exam results, and then have one of your helpful academics say "oh, but of course these results are rubbish", and then have a massive public scandal about how the results are rubbish. However, what they opted for was the same thing, but without the second step.