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COVID-19 in UK: GCSE, A-level exams cancelled and replaced by teacher-assessed grades

LONDON. – A-level and GCSE results will be decided by teacher-assessed grades this year after the exams were cancelled because of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.  The move is designed to avoid the chaos seen last year when an algorithm downgraded the results of tens of thousands of pupils.   A resulting outcry forced ministers to perform a high-profile U-turn, but not before the computer programme…