Regulator for England withdraws statistics for students receiving assistance in A-Level and GCSE exams going back to 2014

The exam regulator for England has admitted to massively exaggerating how many students are granted extra time and other assistance while taking A-levels and GCSEs, a subject that has sparked controversy in recent years.

Ofqual announced on Thursday that it was withdrawing its official statistics for assistance in exams going back to 2014, saying that “the published figures significantly overstated the number of students receiving access arrangements”. Continue reading...


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