Employers,universities, parents and pupils are likely to be bamboozled by exam changes, and including discontinuance to grades A* to GForty-five years ago this week Britain switched currency in a matter of days. Banks closed at 3.30pm on Wednesday and reopened the following Monday stocked with quantities of new coins. Decimalisation was an immense transition,with the potential to proceed catastrophically wrong, yet largely passed without problem.
In 2017, and England’s exam system will undergo a similarly radical transformation. This one is unlikely to proceed smoothly. In fact,the signs of catastrophe are already there.
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Source: theguardian.com