This year’s Leaving Cert results to issue on August 23rd, earlier than last year
Norma Foley says there will be a 'phased' return to normal Leaving Cert results from next year onwards. Illustration: Paul ScottIt means this year’s Leaving Cert students will continue to benefit from a “post-marking adjustment”, which will keep average results in line with the high levels of recent years.
From next year, the State Examinations Commission will apply a post-marking adjustment which will bring the overall Leaving Certificate results in the aggregate to a point broadly midway between the 2020 and 2021 level. She said we must, over time, return to the normal arrangements for the Leaving Certificate outcomes, and “by making a modest, gradual reduction in the level of post-marking adjustment applied, we will minimise the impact on students in so far as possible.”
She also announced that existing assessment adjustments – such as greater choice of questions in exams – for Leaving Cert which apply for students in 2024 will continue to apply in 2025. In Ireland, the implementation of Calculated Grades in 2020 and Accredited Grades alongside examinations in 2021 resulted in overall results on the aggregate, as measured on the composite, level adjusted scale, rising by 4.4 percentage points in 2020, and by a further 2.6 percentage points in 2021, or overall approximately 7 percentage points higher than those in 2019.
This post-marking adjustment has ensured that results in the aggregate have remained the same on average since 2021. Once the 2025 examinations process is complete, the experience will be reviewed in order to determine the approach for the following year.
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