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JUDGMENT will be given within the coming weeks on the lead challenge over the calculated grades process, which was adopted for last year s Leaving Certificate in response to the Covid pandemic.
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Changes implemented to the model used to assess calculated Leaving Certificate grades, systematically disadvantaged and prejudiced good students attending high-performing schools, the High Court heard.
The standardisation process used to estimate Leaving Certificate grades would not have discriminated against students attending disadvantaged schools even if data about schools' past performances in the exam had been included, the High Court heard.