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Some trust and school chiefs are shunning 'tempting' PR about A-level and GCSE grades, warning Covid makes comparisons 'ridiculous'

Colleges have seen a rise in drop-out rates and in leavers not going on to work or higher education, a report by Audit Scotland has found.

Feels like a high school exam. instructions are very straightforward. it's tied to what a student would likely be learning in high school. s substantive things like the subject, things students will see in the classroom. the s.a.t. is how well you take the s.a.t. not a predictor of college success. >> and if it looks more -- if it's designed to be more like the curriculum students would have encountered and to give you a sense of how well the students mastered that material, it raises the question why not look at grade point average? that's the most direct measure of how they handle the materi...

Settled with debt, we want them to get a degree and be able to get a good job. >> obama wants the new ranking system up and running fast, by 2015. and he also wants to link government-backed student aid to college performance. so how are folks grading president obama's plan? yahoo! finance columnist rick new man joining us now in new york. rick, i'm curious, would you give the president an a or an f on this one? >> i think i'd probably give him a b or a b plus on this. there's something refreshing about this. we're used to hearing president obama and other politicians in washington say they've...

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