Season 1 · Episode 15
A Level playing field? Exam results during the pandemic
Exam results in the age of coronavirus
IFS Zooms In: The Economy · Institute for Fiscal Studies
August 17, 202034m 16s
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Show Notes
Recently, students got their A Level results, despite having never sat an exam.
How did the government decide what grades to give students? What methodology did they use? How has this affected the distribution of results?
This week, we speak with Jack Britton, Associate Director at IFS and expert on education, to get to the bottom of how this year's A Level results were calculated.
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