Artificial intelligence used to grade UK’s GCSE and A-level exams – The National

Artificial intelligence used to grade UK’s GCSE and A-level exams – The National

Computers, not teachers, to decide results of pupils whose exams were cancelled this summer





























Artificial intelligence is being used to allocate the grades of pupils who could not sit their GCSEs or A-levels this summer. The exams are offered by many schools in the UAE. Getty











An exam watchdog has told pupils the statistical modelling being used to standardise their A-level and GCSE results is for their own good.



The new algorithm was created because of concern that relying solely on grades predicted by teachers could lead to inflated and unreliable results.



British qualifications are a popular choice for students in the UAE, with 91 schools offering A-levels, says WhichSchoolAdvisor, a reviewer of leading independent schools.



They are typically taken at ages 16 and 18, respectively.



Schools in May sent exam boards the grades they anticipated that pupils would have achieved had formal assessments not been cancelled because of the spread of Covid-19, along with ranking orders for them in each of their subjects.



Bringing 'consistency' to grading



Ofqual, the exams regulator in England, has since said that the boards were standardising the information