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Delayed 2020 grading fiasco data finally to be released by Ofqual
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Ofqual
Aug 6, 2021
SQA chief refuses to apologise over last year's grades debacle
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Aug 4, 2021
‘Gross miscalculation’ lay behind 2020 exam fiasco, ex-Ofqual boss says
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Ofqual
Jun 17, 2021
Ex-Ofqual chair: ‘Gross miscalculation’ caused 2020 exams fiasco
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Jun 16, 2021
Exam grading fiasco down to ‘human decision-making’ not algorithm, former Ofqual head says
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Jun 15, 2021
‘Obviously wrong’ A level grades ‘allowed’ by Ofqual
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Jun 14, 2021
Ofqual wanted to scrap last year’s A-levels, says former chair
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Jun 14, 2021
Warnings SQA 'algorithm by stealth' could replicate 2020 fiasco
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Jun 8, 2021
Education Certification: Claim Shirley-Anne Somerville 'misled' Holyrood
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Jun 7, 2021
The great algorithm fiasco
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May 21, 2021
Welsh exam bosses deny claim a 'mutant algorithm' is being used for this year's GCSEs and A-levels
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May 19, 2021
Trust in GCSEs plummets after exams fiasco, Ofqual survey reveals
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Apr 29, 2021
International Baccalaureate 'algorithm defies logic'
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Feb 26, 2021
‘No algorithms whatsoever’ – teachers to rule on pupils’ grades
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Feb 26, 2021
GCSE and A-Level exam results to be released early this year – hated algorithm scrapped
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Feb 25, 2021
Gavin Williamson says exam grades 'in the hands of teachers' after algorithm debacle last year
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Feb 24, 2021
Ofqual ‘chose to carry on’ despite concerns over exam results algorithm, says committee chair
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Nov 12, 2020
12 key messages from experts who explored SQA debacle
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Nov 12, 2020
How Ofqual decided to keep quiet on grading algorithm
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Oct 23, 2020
Ofqual board minutes reveal tensions with DfE ahead of exam results fiasco
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Oct 22, 2020
What Ofqual’s explosive board minutes tell us about the exams fiasco
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Oct 22, 2020
Ofqual knew GCSE and A-level results were 'unreliable'
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Ofqual
Oct 22, 2020
How the summer exams grading fiasco unfolded
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Oct 22, 2020
Williamson met with Ofqual day before results day – despite claims of ignorance
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Oct 22, 2020
Have lessons been learned from the exams fiasco? Well?
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Scotland
Oct 9, 2020
Exam board ‘proposed algorithm – then raised concerns about it’
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Sep 13, 2020
Coronavirus: The story of the big U-turn of the summer
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Sep 13, 2020
Ireland: Private schools ‘subject to bias' in Leaving Cert grade calculations
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Sep 13, 2020
Ofqual warned of algorithm legal risk
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Sep 10, 2020
Government blocks Labour bid for full disclosure of exams fiasco documents
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Sep 9, 2020
Tory MPs urged to help reveal ‘cover-up’ by the Government over A-level fiasco
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Gavin Williamson
Sep 6, 2020
'Mutant algorithm': boring B-movie or another excuse from Boris Johnson?
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Sep 3, 2020
Gavin Williamson ‘ignored pleas from Ofqual to not cancel socially distanced exams’
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Sep 2, 2020
Gavin Williamson ignored advice to allow exams to go ahead, says Ofqual chief
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual chief says adopting results algorithm was a 'fundamental mistake'
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Sep 2, 2020
Written statement from Chair of Ofqual to the Education Select Committee
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual and the exams fiasco: 8 interesting things we learned
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Sep 2, 2020
Gavin Williamson ignored regulator’s advice on GCSEs and A-levels, MPs told
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual and the exams fiasco: 7 super interesting things we learned
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Sep 2, 2020
ASCL response to Ofqual evidence to Education Select Committee
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual 'wanted A Level and GCSE exams to be socially distanced instead of cancelled', chairman says
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual warned grades system would not win public support
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Sep 2, 2020
PM refuses to say when he first knew of grading flaws
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Sep 2, 2020
‘Worst-case scenario’: Government pushed forward with flawed A-level algorithm despite other options, exams chief says
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual chairman says it was a "fundamental mistake" to believe algorithm grades "would ever be acceptable"
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual: Grades algorithm always doomed but 'not biased’
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual: ‘Fundamental mistake’ to believe algorithm grades would ‘ever be acceptable to public’
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Sep 2, 2020
Ofqual: ‘Fundamental mistake’ to believe algorithm grades would ‘ever be acceptable to public’
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Sep 2, 2020
Gavin Williamson 'was warned of major flaws in algorithm two weeks before A-levels fiasco'
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Sep 2, 2020
Gavin Williamson overruled advice not to cancel exams, says Ofqual chair
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Gavin Williamson
Sep 2, 2020
Exam board 'warned DfE about grading problems in July'
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Sep 2, 2020
The exams catastrophe: 16 questions that must still be answered
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Sep 2, 2020
Review into exam results downgrading in Wales is announced
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Wales
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Aug 28, 2020
Exams 2020: Education unions call for ‘urgent’ inquiry into grades fiasco
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Aug 28, 2020
Ofqual to face grilling by MPs over exams fiasco
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Education Committee
Aug 28, 2020
Ofqual to face grilling by MPs over exams fiasco
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Education Committee
Aug 28, 2020
Johnson blames ‘mutant algorithm’ for exams debacle
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Aug 27, 2020
The government called the exam algorithm 'robust'. How robust was that claim?
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Aug 27, 2020
Boris Johnson pins the blame on ‘mutant’ exam algorithm
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Aug 27, 2020
Boris Johnson and the ‘mutant algorithm’
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Aug 26, 2020
A-levels and GCSEs: Boris Johnson blames 'mutant algorithm' for exam fiasco
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Aug 26, 2020
Boris Johnson blames 'mutant algorithm' for exams fiasco
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Aug 26, 2020
Boris Johnson claims A-Level and GCSE results crisis was caused by ‘a mutant algorithm’
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Aug 26, 2020
Boris Johnson claims exams fiasco has been ‘sorted out’
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Aug 26, 2020
PM: Exam grades 'almost derailed by mutant algorithm'
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Aug 26, 2020
Royal Statistical Society hits back at Ofqual in exams algorithm row
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Aug 24, 2020
From 1 to 8 – the exams algorithm’s ‘bizarre’ grade hikes
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Aug 21, 2020
Ofqual chief to face MPs over exams fiasco and botched algorithm grading
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Ofqual
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Sally Collier
Aug 20, 2020
The missed algorithm warnings that led to A-level results chaos
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Aug 20, 2020
England exams row timeline: was Ofqual warned of algorithm bias?
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Ofqual
Aug 20, 2020
Exam algorithm to be reviewed by regulator
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Aug 20, 2020
Gibb 'did not see' algorithm until results day
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Ofqual
Nick Gibb
Aug 20, 2020
A-level exam chaos: Ofqual’s controversial algorithm to be reviewed, regulatory body confirms
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Aug 20, 2020
Schools minister Nick Gibb was warned about exam algorithm in July
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Nick Gibb
Aug 20, 2020
The inside story about how an algorithm created A-level chaos
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Ofqual
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Aug 20, 2020
Student whose story predicted A-levels crisis has St Andrews offer reinstated
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St Andrews
Aug 20, 2020
Gibb: Ofqual's algorithm fair, good and 'very popular'
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Nick Gibb
Aug 20, 2020
Minister admits he was warned about concerns over exams algorithm
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Aug 20, 2020
What went wrong with exam algorithm?
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Aug 20, 2020
Ofqual was told its algorithm was 'doomed' a month ago but 'ignored the warnings'
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Ofqual
Aug 20, 2020
Controversial A-level exam results algorithm was unlawful, says Labour
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Aug 19, 2020
A-levels: Algorithm at centre of grading crisis 'unlawful' says Labour
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Aug 19, 2020
Ofqual exam results algorithm was unlawful, says Labour
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Aug 19, 2020
Why 'Ditch the algorithm' is the future of political protest | Louise Amoore
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Aug 19, 2020
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