Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the independent review into the 2020 leaving certificate calculated grades system will be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21142/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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On 3 October 2020 I announced that I had asked that a comprehensive independent review of the design and implementation of the 2020 Calculated Grades process should take place. I asked that the review should consider key aspects of the Calculated Grades process, including the initial decision to adopt the model, whether the process met its objectives, how effective the process was, how the process worked in terms of design and implementation and how effective the governance and oversight procedures were.

Further steps remain ongoing with regard to the completion of the 2020 Leaving Certificate, which includes the Calculated Grades process. My Department has requested legal advice on a number of aspects of the proposed review, including the possible impact on litigation concerning the process.

The development work for the accredited grades process being put in place for Leaving Certificate 2021 is being informed by the experience of implementing the system of Calculated Grades in 2020.