for students from all backgrounds, and the relative increase of the proportion of top marks compared with last year is no higher in independent schools than in other schools. but the government may now consider changes over concerns about grade inflation. one possible idea is replacing the a e system with the numbers 9 to 1. there s also debate about how next year s exams should be run. what we want from a national examination system, most importantly, is that all students are treated fairly and consistently with one another, that they have the same opportunity to demonstrate what they ve learned. and that s what an exam system does. the fairest means of assessing people is by continuous assessment, and the only way that can be done properly is if teachers are taught how to assess. the pandemic has meant it s been a year of uncertainty, but how the exams will look in years to come is farfrom clear. simon jones, bbc news.
research by the bbc s persian service has found that coronavirus has killed over 200,000 people in iran, more than double the officialfigure. the analysis is based on the number who ve died beyond what would normally have been expected over the past 19 months. the us government has won the latest round in its challenge against the ruling not to extradite julian assange from the uk. injanuary, a court in london ruled he could not be extradited, but today a judge has ruled the us government can be given more grounds to appeal that decision. here in the uk, teaching unions are warning against any major overhaul of the a level exam system after a second year of teacher assessed results showed another rise in the number of students getting the top grades. but with the a level exposing differences between different parts of england, between private and state schools, there is a debate about how to ensure next year s exams are fairfor all. here s our education editor branwen jeffreys.
their learning, whether that is couege their learning, whether that is college or university, that the extra study support they will need is in place and i know universities and colleges have been thinking carefully about that. and of course it is important that we make sure they have all the resources they need for their continuing learning, whether that is access to digital devices, the data they need for remote learning, because all face to face learning is going to be supplemented by some home studies, thatis supplemented by some home studies, that is inevitable, the way the world is changing, so i think there are real lessons about what extra support and protections we need to put in place, exactly as you say, to compensate for some of the inequities in the results we have got at the moment. hour inequities in the results we have got at the moment. inequities in the results we have got at the moment. how should exams be run next year? got at the moment. how should exams be run
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