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Russell Harrison says that many of his class are to submit comrades are nervous about the expected notes

schools and colleges in England, their predicted grades for GCSE and A-levels by The End of This Week .

In each subject, the student will achieve the rank order from the highest to the lowest.

exam regulator Ofqual special guidance has been issued after a advice on How To make The Process as fair and accurate as possible.

All of the students dissatisfied with their grades to be able to sit the actual exam in October or November.

The, after the exams have been canceled. in the coronavirus lockdown, are a source of concern for students, according to Russell Harrison, year 11 student at Blacon High School in Cheshire.

"You never know what you could have done, in the examination, The Day , you could have better done than any of The Target scores have been set so far," says Russell, who along with half A Million other teenagers in England, has been sitting due to his GCSEs in may and June.

Not to do the tests after the intense focus earlier in the year, it's strange, he says.

"This year, we have had to work more, and more sample exams, come into The School during The Holidays , [and] booster sessions, in order to get help upgrading. "

'Panic on The First '

Russell had confirmed recently, a scholarship to a private sixth-form school, regardless of its results, funded by The Charity , hope, opportunity, trust.

But he says that many of his classmates to be worried, especially those who are insecure in the achievement of grade 4 or higher, you need in English and mathematics.

His mother, Julie Harrison, says her First reaction, as the tests have been cancelled: "a Panic , The First . "

She adds: "I thought to myself: 'What's happening with the notes?'

"It is unknown, for all, the First Time to do things, but once we knew how it worked was, we were absolutely fine with it. "

For teachers, this is an intense, stressful time, to appreciate not only student grades, but to rank from top to bottom in each topic.

Blacon High School is classified as a good, oversubscribed by Ofsted for the First Time in its history in 2016, and it is now.

More Than half the students, 55%, qualify for pupil premium funding, because sometime in The Last few years, were you can get free school meals.

Director Rachel Hudson, says teachers feel a huge responsibility, and senior management for the assessment of decisions on each of the students were.

"We all know, in spite of the two mock exams in November and February there are always students who excel at The Last moment. It does tend to be young, and so is trying to make a judgment is a holistic way is very difficult. "

The hardest decisions are on the ranking, students bundled to The Middle classes or grade border lines.

Director Rachel Hudson, says employees feel a huge responsibility,

young people and their parents will have to wait to know until results day, what notes were submitted by The School .

How many principals in schools that have worked hard to improve, Ms Hudson has to hope and trust to The Next level in this new system to be fair.

Once the estimated scores and rankings have been submitted, the examination boards and the regulator Ofqual compare them with previous years, examination performance and against national benchmarks, to ensure, in this year, the results are not wildly out of the lot.

unconscious stereotypes

But The Process has other points of criticism.

Prof Kalwant Bhopal , Director of the Birmingham University centre for race and education is one of A Number of academics wrote to The Department of education when the plans were known.

"To put it bluntly, if you know the demographics of the teaching workforce, 85% of teachers and 93% of the principals," She told Bbc News .

it's called an abundance of research showing the effects of unconscious stereotypes in education, particularly in the estimation of the A-level grades, which can be measured against the actual results.

is your concern, The Exam grades are calculated this year for both GCSE and A-level starts with estimates and assessments of teachers, the estimate is likely to be among some of the students

"the teachers have an unconscious bias processes to specific students. So, for example, white middle-class students are considered to be ideal, black working-class students are seen as aggressive and hostile. Within this process, it will be the unconscious bias. "

She would have preferred to see independent verification of the from the beginning in The School stage of The Process .

Ofqual has issued extra highlighted manual about the unconscious bias of teachers after the hearing, the question of how a potential danger.

It heard A Number of bodies, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

His advice to schools is that at least Two People , including the leadership of the teacher should be included on each topic.

An official statement signed by the head of The School , namely, the estimated grades and rankings would have received an honest and fair reflection of The Grades of the students.

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