Leaving Cert students will have to wait a week after receiving their official calculated grades before they get to see their teachers’ estimated marks, the Department of Education has confirmed. There was uproar among UK students over recent days after it emerged that almost 40 per cent of results were downgraded by an algorithm. Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales have since abandoned this standardisation process and opted to rely solely on teachers’ estimated grades. FairnessHowever, the Irish Second Level Students’ Union said all information relating to students’ grades should be made available to Leaving Cert candidates as quickly as possible in the interests of fairness. Last June, teachers were asked to provide an estimated percentage mark for each Leaving Cert student for each subject.

Source: The Irish Times August 19, 2020 02:26 UTC