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SQA
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‘He deserved the same as his peers’: additional support needs children held back, experts claim
For University students and their families, graduation is always special. But Robbie and his parents were told it was a day that would never come.
SQA’s failure to act on pupil warnings makes ‘mockery’ of child rights commitment
Secondary school pupils warned the SQA in November 2020 that plans to compare 2021 grades to past results were "unfair" but their input was not acted upon.
‘Pupils will pay the price’ under new system for awarding grades, claims professor
The Scottish Government's system for awarding grades to school pupils this year is “a less defensible” version of the algorithm used last summer, says a leading education academic.
Claim historical data won’t be used for pupil assessment is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about how pupil assessments will work this year.
Assessment system for ‘exams in disguise’ has ‘lost credibility’ and ‘destroyed trust’
Those raising concerns about the assessment of what have been branded "exams in disguise" include the principal of George Watson’s College one of the country’s most prestigious private schools.
FFS explains: how were Scottish pupils’ final grades decided?
Scottish school pupils have received their grades without sitting exams due to the coronavirus pandemic. But many pupils felt those grades had been unfairly adjusted. Ferret Fact Service examined the controversy.
Public body condemned for deals with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
A leading human rights activist from Bahrain has condemned the SQA for working with regimes accused of gross human rights abuses.
