Ofqual statement on grading vocational and technical qualifications this summer
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 18:31
Since the decision to stop exams and external assessment this
summer due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, Ofqual has been
working with 160 awarding organisations to help them ensure their
alternative arrangements for over 14,000 qualifications fit within
our vocational and technical qualifications (VTQ) regulatory
framework. Monday’s decision to move away from the
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Since the decision to stop exams and external assessment
this summer due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown,
Ofqual has been working with 160 awarding organisations to
help them ensure their alternative arrangements for over
14,000 qualifications fit within our vocational and
technical qualifications (VTQ) regulatory framework.
Monday’s decision to move away from the algorithmic
approach used for GCSEs and A levels has led to those
few awarding organisations that used similar approaches
to reconsider their awarding decisions and place
greater weight on the most trusted evidence available.
Those that used qualification-level centre assessment
grades will be able to recalculate results and issue
them on time.
Others will need more time, because their approach is
more complex: OCR have said that their Cambridge
National results will issue next week. Pearson, which
initially did not think there would need to be
significant changes made, has now decided to revise its
arrangements to ensure that students’
qualification-level results better reflect the
unit-level results that students have already secured
through internally-assessed units. For all awarding
organisations, both their original approaches and their
revised approach are in line with Ofqual’s VTQ
regulatory framework.
Everyone is working as quickly as possible to confirm
results as soon as possible, recognising the impact
that delays are having on schools, colleges and
students.
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