Inflated A-level grades may force universities to set entrance tests
The Times says A-levels had a 100 per cent pass rate last year and leading universities will have to set their own entrance tests if grade inflation continues, an education expert will warn today.
Almost two-fifths of A-levels were graded A or A* last year and even more pupils are expected to achieve the top grades this summer, according to analysis by Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham. He said “inflated grades” would become the new norm, making it more difficult for universities to select accurately and fairly.
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