A student is petitioning Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Qualifications Authority to give students a level playing field.
Moffat Academy head boy Elliott Hepburn said that last year’s SQA appeals process paid more respect to what students had learned over the course of the year.
But this year, the SQA will return to a more basic appeals process.
Rather than taking prelims and coursework into account, as they did in 2022, reviewers will only look back at SQA-marked assessments to check for errors in grading or processing.
Elliott wants to force policy makers to change their minds.
He said this year’s system doesn’t credit students for months of hard work. Instead, the final grade reflects their performance on a single day.
