Dr. Harold Hislop:

It is also worth noting that in the national standardisation group report, the estimation was greatest at the level of higher level 1 and higher level 2 - the highest performing students. If we take a subject, over the course of 2017, 2018 and 2019, H1, higher level 1, we can see that on average, across the country, 4.7% of students who took that subject got a H1. In the estimates coming from students, that figure was 13.8%.

There is no way on earth that students who did agricultural science in 2020 are three times better than the cohorts for 2017, 2018 or 2019, yet the calculated grade process alters that point to 9.1%. Even with the adjustment, the students received marks that are higher than they would be going by the historical pattern.