January 6th local time, Gavin Williamson, the British Secretary of Education, confirmed in the lower house of parliament that England’s summer A-level and GCSE (high school entrance examination) will be cancelled, and the student results of both examinations will be determined by teacher evaluation.
Earlier, the British Prime Minister announced that strict control measures to be implemented from the 5th decided that primary and secondary schools across England would be closed and distance learning would be implemented.
Last year, due to the epidemic, the United Kingdom also decided to cancel the summer A-Level and GCSE tests, and replaced it with student achievement assessment by the school, and then the British Examinations Qualification Office using the “algorithm model” to adjust the score.
However, after the adjustment of the score of the “algorithm model”, a large number of students’ scores were significantly lowered compared with the school assessment results, which triggered a large number of protests from schools, students and parents, resulting in the dismissal of Jonathan Slater, then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education.
