The new SQA exam system is set to be ‘profoundly unfair' and will 'widen gap' between richest and poorest students, according to the Scottish Greens.
The plan which is being rolled out after the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools causing all exams to be cancelled. It will see pupils earn their final grades based on their previous work throughout the year.
But the strategy is facing backlash and has been branded 'statistically flawed' by Scottish Green education spokesperson Ross Greer MSP .It is accused of putting students at a 'disadvantage' as they could be issued a fail grade when their teacher or lecturer estimated that a pass.The exam body’s chief executive Fiona Robertson appeared before MSPs of the Scottish Parliament’s