> Some of those students will receive “assessed marks” based on how they did in other parts of the course.
I’ve never understood why this sort of “fix” is considered acceptable for exam boards. It’s entirely plausible that someone would improve their performance on final exams, or do better on exams compared to other types of assessed work such as assessed practicals (if those are some of the other components their substituted score will be based on).
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> Some of those students will receive “assessed marks” based on how they did in other parts of the course.
I’ve never understood why this sort of “fix” is considered acceptable for exam boards. It’s entirely plausible that someone would improve their performance on final exams, or do better on exams compared to other types of assessed work such as assessed practicals (if those are some of the other components their substituted score will be based on).