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A total of 6,100 students will earn improved grades after a review of the Leaving Certificate calculated grade system.
The review found a third error in the coding used to standardize the results, in addition to the two errors discovered last week.
All Leaving Cert 2020 students have been informed tonight if they have been affected or not.
Those who are entitled to an upgraded grade can view that upgraded grade on the student portal.
5,408 students will receive a higher grade, by a grade band, in a subject.
621 students will receive a superior grade, by one band, in two subjects.
71 students will receive a superior grade, by a band, in three or more subjects.
Education Minister Norma Foley has confirmed that while 6,100 students received lower grades than they were entitled to, roughly the same number of students received higher grades than they should have been. The Department of Education says that the exact number of students this happened to will be available, but not yet available.
These students will not be demoted, however confirmation of this will raise concerns about the impact it will have had on the CAO college offerings and how many students may have lost college places because they were competing with others who received incorrect results. inflated.
Education Minister Norma Foley confirms that students who are receiving corrected grades can access their results starting at 6 pm. The total number of students who will receive higher grades is 6,100. | Read more: https://t.co/vgELVUBaXW pic.twitter.com/cS2G3wJcnr
– RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 3, 2020
The Chief Inspector of the Department of Education said he believed that the number of students adversely affected by this was quite small. Harold Hislop said that the only way to address this would be to rerun the CAO system from scratch and that this was not a possibility.
Addressing this concern and defending the process, Minister Norma Foley said this year had seen the largest increase in college places, on the order of 5,000, and said the calculated grades were brought in “at an extraordinary time.”
The third error discovered in this last review had to do with the incorrect treatment of the Junior Certificate results belonging to students who missed one of the three core subjects of Irish, English and mathematics. The company contracted to perform this latest review, Educational Training Systems, corrected this newly discovered error during the review process.
ETS also found a fourth “problem” that “does not exactly match what is described.” However, the Department was reluctant to call this a mistake. He said it was an anomaly that had not affected the students’ results.
Due to the very short time frame, the ETS conducted an audit of a sample of the coding used, not a full audit of the entire code.
In its two-page report, ETS states that “in addition to the two problems identified, the other parts of the complex algorithm reviewed match the procedures described.
The decision to move to calculated grades was an “unprecedented move” for the education system, and was made to allow students a way forward, says Norma Foley. | Read more: https://t.co/vgELVUBaXW pic.twitter.com/PFa8FHcMsH
– RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 3, 2020
Tonight, Minister Norma Foley reiterated her apology to the students.
“You’ve had an exceptionally difficult year, I’m sorry. And I’m sorry that this last week has created more uncertainty for you.
“I wish you every success in your elections and your future.”
A file was sent to the CAO this afternoon and will now establish how many students will receive a new offer.
The information is expected to be available on Monday.
The CAO will then recalculate the points for the individual students affected.
About 340 students will move from H2 to H1 grade, while 892 will move from H3 to H2.
Most of the changes will take place between H5 and H4.
Read more:
The week the calculated grades process was undone
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