Minister for Education says grade inflation will reduce in stages over the coming years
Ms Foley also confirmed that there will be adjustments to next year’s State exams at Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert level – such as greater choice of questions – to take account of disruption to students’ learning during the pandemicand include issuing earlier briefs for course work, providing a wider choice of questions and reducing preparatory work for practical exams., which provided even greater choice and fewer questions.
“There is no [additional] grade inflation this year comparable to last year. Students were very clear that they should receive results on a par with the previous year in the interests of fairness. That was achieved for them.” “The certainty I can give you now is that there will be no cliff edge in terms of a revert back to 2019 or 2018 [grades] or whatever the case might be. It will be done in stages over the coming years. But I think in the interest of fairness it was important that the grade profile this year, in aggregate, is similar to the grade profile of the previous year.”
The adjustments to assessment arrangements for the 2023 exams will be similar to the adjustments announced in August 2021, with updates to take account of new subject specifications.
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