Chris you wrote> the move to 4 units of assessment
Can you expand? Is this just an AQA thing or are we about to see another
change in the assessment regime?
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From: Economics, business, and related subjects
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Sent: 19 August 2005 10:10
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Subject: Re: Business & Economics - A Level Candidate Numbers
AQA (other awarding bodies probably do the same) as part of their
statistical stuff do a check on grades by analysing the performance of
students at GCSE and predicting A level grades - this shows that economics
students are relatively high achievers at GCSE. Their data also shows that
public school students are over represented in their A level econ entries.
As regards business studies I still get the impression there is more of a
hidden curriculum that students (and teachers) have in order to get higher
grades - the move to 4 units of assessment will be an opportunity for AQA to
make examination demands more explicit.
Regards to all and congratulations to all those successful students and
their teachers
Chris
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