GCSE results 2012: grades drop for first time in history.

[chantellehugs]

that the examiners have been marking harshly because the goverment is saying that gcses are becoming too easy etc ... and ofc theres another one that michael gove is involved in it all really ;p

This is interesting, I slightly agree with the bit in bold. I mean there were some people in my class during secondary who messed around and then a few weeks before the exams started revising really hard and passed. Some GCSE's are a case of memorising facts and repeating them during the exam.

I do think it's unfair to change the mark schemes or whatever it was that was mentioned before though.

[Kardan]

Even with it being the top story on BBC News, I still think it's a total over reaction. I mean, grade boundaries change every single time exams come around for each subject. Ofqual says everything is okay - the only reason headteachers are complaining are because more of them have failed to meet the 40% of students getting five A*'s - C including English and Maths.

[shiver]

the REAL issue here is anyone getting a C in GCSE ENGLISH
really? if i got a C i'd be absolutely distraught