The results of the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination as well as the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), administered by the Caribbean Examination Council were neither reliable, valid nor fair.
This is the view of United States-based educator Dr Michael Clarke, who said that from the independent review of the controversial 2020 school-leaving exams, the omission of the Paper 2 and subsequent change to grading structure, likely resulted in grade compression.
He said that high-achieving students are the ones likely to be most impacted by this occurrence, noting that it could account for students performing at Grade 1 level achieving Grade 4 results.
Clarke, who gave his analysis of the ongoing grade disparity saga at a press conference convened by Caribbean Coalition for CXC 2020 yesterday, said that CXC should offer redress in the form of remarking the School-Based Assessment (SBA) by the historic standard in addition to allowing willing students to do the Paper 2.
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