Department of Education rules out reforming the Leaving Cert to allow students to avail of accredited grades after Covid-19 crisis
Minister for Education Norma Foley said predictive grades are only being used as an emergency measure and will not be considered beyond 2021
Education Minister Norma Foley (Photo: Julien Behal Photography)
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State has paid over €200,000 to Polymetrika for work on last year s Leaving Cert
This work includes the ‘standardisation’ algorithm that had two flawed lines of code resulting in 7,200 students receiving the wrong grades. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Tuesday 2 Feb 2021, 6:30 AM Feb 2nd 2021, 6:30 AM 12,376 Views 13 Comments
Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie
Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie
THE IRISH STATE has paid Polymetrika over €200,000 for work on the Calculated Grades system, and continued payments after controversy surrounded the flaws in the coding that lead to thousands of Leaving Cert students receiving the incorrect grades.
Documents released under a Freedom of Information request to