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It explains the shift from examination-based grading to professional judgements with moderation, the need for fairness through realistic, evidence-based review, and how disruption to teaching and learning can be considered. It outlines what evidence has high validity and reliability, including specification coverage, similarity to actual assessments, and the level of control, then supports decision-making and further advice.","Introduction  \nOn 6 January 2021, the Minister of Education, Peter Weir MLA, cancelled all CCEA GCSE, AS and A2 examinations scheduled for January, February, May and June 2021. Instead, the approach to awarding grades in Summer 2021 will be based on teacher professional judgements, with moderation. CCEA has published GCSE, AS and A Level Awarding Summer 2021 Alternative Arrangements – Process for Heads of Centre to support teachers and school leaders in determining the appropriate Centre Determined Grades for each student.  \nIn 2021, centres are asked to use a range of evidence to arrive at a professional and academic judgement of the standard at which each student is performing in the context of the specification for which they are entered and from this provide a grade to CCEA. This is different from 2020, when centres were asked to supply a centre assessment grade based on their judgement of the grade a student would likely have achieved if they had been able to complete examinations. It will require centres and CCEA to develop and use different processes from those used last year.  \nThis document follows on from CCEA’s GCSE, AS andA Level Awarding Summer 2021  \nAlternative Arrangements – Process for Heads of Centre and aims to provide further guidance to support teachers and Heads of Department in determining the appropriate Centre Determined Grade for each student entered for GCSE Mathematics.  \nContents  \n1. Overview  \n2. Preliminary Considerations  \n3. Evidence to Inform Centre Determined Grades  \n4. Support  \n5. Making Decisions about Centre Determined Grades  \n6. Further Advice and Information  \nAppendix 1: GCSE Grade Descriptions and Key Features  \nAppendix 2: Definitions of Levels of Control  \n1. Overview  \nEach Centre Determined Grade is a judgement of the final grade for a qualification. It must be based on a holistic review of a student’s performance as indicated by assessment evidence, gathered and retained at centre level. In the interests of fairness within and across centres, each Centre Determined Grade must be a realistic, evidencebased judgement of the standard at which a student is performing, i.e. their demonstrated knowledge, understanding and skills in the content of the specification they have covered. This means students do not need to have completed a specified amount of content, or demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding across every area of the specification, as they would normally. In this way, disruption to teaching and learning can be taken into account.  \nWe must also acknowledge the decision taken in October 2020 by the Education Minister in respect of reducing the assessment burden in GCSE qualifications. GCSE Mathematics did not have a defined unit for omission and the details in the table below will still be applicable in forming a Centre Determined Grade in Summer 2021.  \n\n| Subject | Current\u003Cbr>Arrangements | Defined Unit For Omission | Specification Adaptations |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| GCSE\u003Cbr>Mathematics | Students take two units:\u003Cbr>• one from M1, M2, M3 or M4; and\u003Cbr>• one from M5, M6, M7 or M8 . Unit M1 external assessment (45%) Unit M2 external assessment (45%) Unit M3 external assessment (45%) Unit M4 external assessment (45%) Unit M5 external assessment (55%) Unit M6 external assessment (55%) Unit M7 external assessment (55%) Unit M8 external assessment (55%) | N/A | N/A |\n\n2. Preliminary Considerations  \nIn arriving at a Centre Determined Grade for a student, it is not necessary to assess every aspect of the specification exhaustively. A selection of key tasks or assessments carried out under appropriate conditions and with a suitable level of demand, which allows you to authenticate the work as the student’s own, will give a good indication of the standard at which the student is performing in the qualification.  \nTo make accurate judgements, you must have a clear understanding of:  \n• the range of skills, knowledge and understanding covered by the specification;  \n","cbCaifM6k6A7vGHO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifM6k6A7vGHO","pdf",325354,1,19,"English","en",105,"# Overview\n## Purpose of Centre Determined Grades\n## Changes for Summer 2021\n# Preliminary Considerations\n## Evidence selection and authentication\n## Understanding specification and grade descriptions\n## Validity and reliability of evidence\n# Evidence to Inform Centre Determined Grades\n## Specification coverage\n## Similarity to actual qualification assessments\n## Controls and levels of control\n# Support\n# Making Decisions about Centre Determined Grades\n# Further Advice and Information\n# Appendices\n## GCSE Grade Descriptions and Key Features\n## Definitions of Levels of Control","[{\"question\":\"How will grades for GCSE Mathematics be awarded in Summer 2021?\",\"answer\":\"Grades will be based on teacher professional judgements, supported by moderation rather than cancelled examinations. 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