The Impact of COVID-19 on a Level Exams in England: Students as Consumers

Autor/inn/en	Bhopal, Kalwant; Myers, Martin
Titel	The Impact of COVID-19 on a Level Exams in England: Students as Consumers
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 49 (2023) 1, S.142-157 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bhopal, Kalwant) ORCID (Myers, Martin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1002/berj.3834
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Exit Examinations; College Bound Students; Program Termination; Equal Education; Racial Differences; Student Evaluation; Student Attitudes; Ethics; Values; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Rassenunterschied; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Schülerverhalten; Ethik; Wertbegriff
Abstract	The recent global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for society, not least for education. England went into lockdown in March 2020; following this, A Level exams were cancelled and the Department for Education announced that results were to be determined by teacher-assessed grades. This paper draws upon research conducted during this time with A Level students. It is based on a total of 53 Skype interviews with students who had their A Level exams cancelled, most of whom had ambitions to start university in September 2020. A number of striking findings emerged from the study. Students were well-informed about the changes to the A Level exam assessment and the impact structural inequalities were likely to have on assessed grades. White students and those from independent fee-paying schools were consistently more satisfied with the measures put in place to assess their grades compared to students from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds. However, all students--regardless of their background--identified patterns of unfairness which were based on structural inequalities. We conclude that these findings point to students adopting some of the attributes of the 'student as consumer', not by concentrating on choices associated with free market economies such as 'good value', but rather by identifying more ethical 'values' within education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01