Sentence examples for graded boundary from inspiring English sources

The graded boundary will also minimise the perception of contact lens movement.

The news can bring either elation or despair, depending on which side of a grade boundary you fall.

"If they had done so, then the legislation provides that the regulator can direct grade boundary changes," Ms Stacey said.

This Friday, Ofqual, the body responsible for moving the grade boundary for the summer exams, is expected to publish an interim report into "the detail of grade C boundary setting for some units in English GCSEs".

Stuart said the extent to which the change in grade boundary disproportionately affected students from poorer and ethnic minority backgrounds would be worthy of investigation.

These plans are an educational breakthrough that will blow away the damaging obsession with the C/D grade boundary and help every child achieve the best possible results".

More than 700 schools have produced evidence purporting to show that pupils were unfairly treated by examiners who moved the grade boundary for summer's GCSE English exams.

Although not all causes of volatility were investigated, when marking quality and grade boundary changes were taken out of the equation, results remained unsettled.

The report says some teachers have admitted using the system speculatively if their pupils' results fall just below an important grade boundary.

The regulator has the power to direct grade boundary changes and would have done so if Edexcel had not revised them, she suggested.

"After extensive discussion with Ofqual, we agreed a June grade boundary which took account of our concerns to recognise the candidate performance our examiners observed.