# calculated-grades - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The action is a test case from about 50 other challenges by other Leaving Cert students.
# calculated-grades - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Leaving Cert
ASTI to attend fresh talks with Education Minister this afternoon Harris says there is more time this year to find solution 'Significant increase' in on-site attendance possible at third-level from September
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
Of the 4,925 grades being sent to students today, 40% were higher than their Calculated Grade results.
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
This work includes the ‘standardisation’ algorithm that had two flawed lines of code resulting in 7,200 students receiving the wrong grades.
# calculated-grades - Friday 22 January, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
A survey found that most Leaving Cert students wanted a choice between Calculated Grades or in-person exams.
# calculated-grades - Saturday 9 January, 2021
# Poll
# Poll
Calculated Grades replaced traditional exams last year, and didn’t go smoothly.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Norma Foley
# Norma Foley
The hearing before Mr Justice Charles Meenan is expected to last for two weeks.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Dalton Tattan, assistant secretary at the Department of Education said the pressure they were under was ‘extreme’.
# calculated-grades - Monday 9 November, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The teachers’ union has said that certainty must be given to students now, seven months from when the written State exams are held.
# calculated-grades - Friday 16 October, 2020
# Review
# Review
The new results were given to students at 12pm today.
# calculated-grades - Wednesday 14 October, 2020
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
Over 6,000 students received new grades following an error with the system.
# calculated-grades - Saturday 3 October, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The results of the review were announced this evening by the Department of Education.
# calculated-grades - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Leaving Certificate
# Leaving Certificate
Education Minister Norma Foley has apologised to students again after errors in the calculated grades system were revealed.
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
It’s understood 800 to 900 students may have lost out on a college place due to the situation.
# calculated-grades - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
When asked by in the Dáil earlier, Taoiseach Micheál Martin admitted that there had been two errors made in the Leaving Cert standardisation process.
# Explainer
# Explainer
Around 6,500 students will now receive higher grades as a result.
# calculated-grades - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Students can also apply to sit the postponed exams in November.
# calculated-grades - Wednesday 23 September, 2020
# St Kilian's
# St Kilian's
Papers were filed on behalf of the students in the High Court yesterday.
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The TUI also claimed that releasing the rank order will be “profoundly damaging to the student-teacher relationship”.
# calculated-grades - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Students have until 5pm on Wednesday to lodge an appeal.
# calculated-grades - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
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# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Ronan Cloney (20) Cloney has been trying to ensure fairness for deferred CAO applicants since May, when the exams were first cancelled.
# calculated-grades - Monday 7 September, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
10% of Leaving Cert Higher Level grades were reduced by up to 10 marks.
# calculated-grades - Sunday 6 September, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
Leaving Cert calculated grade results are due to be released tomorrow morning at 9am.
# calculated-grades - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# Podcast
# Podcast
We take a look at how the calculated grades system will work.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The student has made an application to the court to receive ‘calculated grades’.
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The announcement was made at Government Buildings this afternoon.
# calculated-grades - Wednesday 26 August, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
These are for those who couldn’t get access to Calculated Grades , who opted for written exams, or who wish to appeal the Calculated Grade they received.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 25 August, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
The High Court last week quashed a decision to prevent Elijah Burke availing of the calculated grade system.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Grades will now be based on teachers’ assessments rather than a controversial algorithm.
# calculated-grades - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The Minister for Education denies the student’s rights have been breached.
# calculated-grades - Wednesday 12 August, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The Education Secretary said students will be able to use their results in mock tests to appeal if they are unhappy with their grades.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Miscalculation
# Miscalculation
It emerged that the methodology disproportionately affected pupils from deprived backgrounds.
# calculated-grades - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
It comes weeks later than the traditional August results day for the Leaving Cert exams.
# calculated-grades - Thursday 28 May, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
The deadline to register has been extended until midday tomorrow.
# calculated-grades - Wednesday 27 May, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
That leaves around 13,000 Leaving Cert students who have not yet registered.
# calculated-grades - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Students have until 10pm on Thursday 28 May to register.
# calculated-grades - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Students have until Thursday to register.
# calculated-grades - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
# calculated-grades - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The main teachers’ union said it still has “a number of major concerns” with the new Leaving Cert plan.
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