The Cambridge Assessment International Education on Tuesday announced that it resorts to “evidence-based decisions about grades” based data provided by schools and educational centres to make for the May/June 2020 examinations.
The announcement comes as schools around the world remain closed due to the coronavirus.
Uzma Yousuf, Country Director, Pakistan, of Cambridge Assessment International Education, said, “The decision on grades to be awarded to students will be made by Cambridge, using our own evidence combined with evidence from schools. We are asking schools to collaborate with us as we make evidence-based decisions about grades for each student in each subject they have entered for in the May/June 2020 exam series.”
Cambridge was trying to determine what evidence schools will be able to provide to help grade students. “This evidence will include examples of work students have done to prepare for their May/ June 2020 exams,” read the official statement.
The educational body reassured students that grading will be carried out using the same currency as before. Previously, Cambridge announced:
“We have taken the difficult decision not to run our international examinations in the May/June 2020 series in any country. This includes Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level, Cambridge International AS & A Level, Cambridge AICE Diploma and Cambridge Pre-U.”
Children across the world have been forced to stay home as Covid-19 outbreak continues to spread infecting more than 750,000 people and killing an estimated 38,000.
