Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2020
225. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); if she will investigate the case to ensure all procedures were correctly followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29781/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe decision to adopt a model of Calculated Grades by my Department was a result of COVID-19, which prevented the State from running the conventional Leaving Certificate Examinations. The purpose of this process was to allow as many students as possible to progress to employment, further education and training, or higher education.
The use of Junior Cycle data in the Calculated Grades model is set out in detail in the Report of the National Standardisation Group, available on www.gov.ie/leavingcertificate. It should be noted that individual Junior Cycle results were not used to determine any individual’s Calculated Grades. Rather, the Calculated Grades process took account of the overall Junior Cycle performance of the Leaving Certificate class of 2020 in each class in each school and used this aggregate-level data to help in predicting the likely range of Leaving Certificate performance of that group using related information about the relationship between performance at Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate based on national data over time for that subject at that level. Therefore, the fact that a student may not have sat Junior Cycle examinations in one or more subjects will not impact on that individual’s Calculated Grades.
