A total of 6,100 students are to get improved marks following a review of the Leaving Certificate calculated grades system. The review found a third error in the coding used to standardise results, in addition to the two mistakes discovered last week.
The review found a third error in the coding used to standardise results, in addition to the two mistakes discovered last week.
These students will not be downgraded, however confirmation of this will lead to concerns over what the impact will have been on CAO college offers, and how many students may have lost out on college places because they were competing with others who received results that were incorrectly inflated. Addressing this concern and defending the process, Minister Norma Foley said this year had seen the largest increase in college places – of the order of 5,000 - and she said calculated grades were brought in "at an extraordinary time".
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