How are grade boundaries set? Why aren’t they set until after the exam? And how do statistics combine with human judgement to award grades?

Craig Barton asks Lesley Meyer, one of AQA’s senior researchers, what factors are considered in setting grade boundaries, and MFL teacher Jane Wood explains how her school managed to get their tiering decisions right.

Myth-busting grade boundaries: https://www.aqa.org.uk/inside-exams-podcasts/episode-6/myth-busting-grade-boundaries

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